New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won a bronze medal in the women's big air competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. So who is she?
New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott competes during the final of the women's snowboard big air event. Photo: AFP
- She is 16. Which means she was born in 2001.
- Sadowski-Synnott was born in Australia, and moved to New Zealand at 6-years-old.
- She learnt to ski as a pre-schooler and switched to snowboarding at the age of 9, joining in on her older sister's lesson.
- At the World Champs in March 2016, Sadowski-Synnott finished fourth in Big Air and claimed a silver medal in slopestyle. She went on to claim World Cup gold in slopestyle in Spindleruv Mlyn two weeks later.
- At 16 is the youngest woman to win gold in snowboard slopestyle.
- When she's not on snow, Zoi focuses on schoolwork and loves skating and spending time with friends.
Huge congratulations to Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott for your bronze medal win!! You’ve done us so proud. #PyeongChang2018
— Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) February 22, 2018
#BRONZEMEDAL
— NZ Olympic Team (@nzolympics) February 22, 2018
She’s done it! 16 year old Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won New Zealand’s first Olympic Winter Games medal in 26 years!
This is what is means to #EarnTheFern #Earned#PyeongChang2018#olympics pic.twitter.com/IyJazC0xFa
One day a school kid from Wanaka, next thing an Olympic medalist and NZ sports legend. Welcome to the day of Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
— Ferg Campbell (@OtagoLad) February 22, 2018
