Jamie Anderson
Olympic Snowboarder
Jamie Anderson is one of the top female snowboarders in the world. Known for her strength and unique style, Jamie led the U.S. medal sweep with a gold medal at the first-ever Olympic Slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games and successfully defended her gold medal in Slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Jamie also took the Silver medal in the Olympic debut of Big Air Snowboarding, earning her second medal of the Games and making Olympic history as the first female snowboarder to earn two gold medals and the first snowboarder to win two medals at a single Olympics.
Growing up near Sierra Mountain with eight siblings, Jamie was introduced to snowboarding by her two older sisters and began riding at the age of nine after convincing her mom she was old enough. She quickly rose to the top becoming the youngest Winter X Games medalist at age 15, edging out Shaun White by a matter of days.
Jamie has 15 X Games medals, most recently taking the gold Slopestyle and silver in Big Air.
Along with her success at the Olympic and the X Games, Jamie was named the women’s TTR World Tour Champion in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016 the Winter Dew Cup Champion in 2011 and 2012.
Anderson is making a name of herself with her continued success, appearing on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice after the Olympics in 2014 and gracing the covers of publications such as ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue and Sport’s Illustrated’s Winter Olympic Preview issue.
In 2014, Jamie won two ESPY awards for “Best Female U.S. Olympian” and “Best Female Action Sports Athlete.” She also took home the win for “Best Female Action Sports Athlete” in 2016.
Looking to use her platform for positive contributions within her community, Jamie collaborated with her old middle school to develop a sponsorship program for gifted children who would like to snowboard but lack the funds to do so. Outside of snowboarding, Anderson practices yoga and works with Protect Our Winters (POW) in the fight against climate change.