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Seth Wescott (born June 28, 1976) is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.

Seth Wescott

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1976-06-28) June 28, 1976 (age 46) Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Snowboarding
Event(s)	Snowboard Cross
Medal record Men's snowboarding Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2006 Torino Snowboard cross 2010 Vancouver Snowboard cross World Championships 2005 Whistler Snowboard cross 2003 Kreischberg Snowboard cross 2007 Arosa Snowboard cross 2011 La Molina Snowboard cross Winter X Games 2004 Aspen Snowboard cross 2005 Aspen Snowboard cross 2010 Aspen Snowboard cross 2007 Aspen Snowboard cross

Life and career

Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Whistler, British Columbia. Growing up, Wescott went to Mount Blue regional school district in Farmington, Maine. His father Jim Wescott was the Track and Cross Country coach at Colby College. He began snowboarding at age 10, but had also grown up skiing. In 1989, after competing in both sports for a few years, he stopped skiing to focus mainly on snowboarding. Wescott attended Carrabassett Valley Academy where he studied and trained with fellow Olympians Bode Miller, Jeff Greenwood, Kirsten Clark and Emily Cook. He started out at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley, Maine.

In his Olympic debut, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, Wescott won gold in the snowboard cross as the first Olympic champion in the event.[2][3] Having won gold, Wescott was invited to meet president George W. Bush, but turned down the offer, citing his opposition to Bush's foreign and domestic policies.[4] At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Wescott successfully defended his Olympic gold.[5] Wescott, who started off the race in fourth, slowly advanced throughout the field until the end, when he narrowly defeated hometown favorite Mike Robertson on the final jump.[6]

Wescott co-owns The Rack, a restaurant and bar near Sugarloaf that caters food and drinks to skiers and snowboarders.

On February 25, 2010, Wescott appeared on The Colbert Report. In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice.[7]

Wescott attended Western State College in Gunnison, CO.

References

External links

• Seth Wescott at the International Ski Federation
• Seth Wescott at the X Games
• Seth Wescott at Olympics.com
• Seth Wescott at Olympedia
• Seth Wescott at TeamUSA.org
• U.S. Olympic Team bio at archive.today (archived March 25, 2006)
• Seth Wescott on Go211.com – blogs, photos, videos at the Wayback Machine (archived June 15, 2007)
• AP Winter Games Profile: Seth Wescott at the Wayback Machine (archived December 28, 2009)
• Snowboardcross steals some spotlight from downhill at the Wayback Machine (archived April 26, 2011)
• NBC Olympics Archived February 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
• Official website Archived January 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Seth Wescott

Seth Wescott (* 28. Juni 1976 in Durham, North Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Snowboarder.

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- [en] Seth Wescott

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[fr] Seth Wescott

Seth Wescott, né le 28 juin 1976 à Durham, Caroline du Nord, est un snowboarder américain, spécialisé dans l'épreuve de cross dont il a été le champion olympique en 2006 et 2010 et champion du monde en 2005.

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[it] Seth Wescott

Seth Wescott (Durham, 28 giugno 1976) è uno snowboarder statunitense, due volte campione olimpico e una volta campione mondiale nello snowboard cross.

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[ru] Уэскотт, Сет

Сет Бе́нджамин Уэ́скотт (англ. Seth Benjamin Wescott; род. 28 июня 1976 года, Дарем, Северная Каролина) — американский сноубордист, выступавший в сноуборд-кроссе, двукратный олимпийский чемпион (2006, 2010), чемпион мира 2005 года.

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