1. Alex Ferreira was born on August 14,1994 and is an American halfpipe skier.
17 Facts About Alex Ferreira
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Alex Ferreira competed in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, winning the silver medal in the halfpipe event.
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Alex Ferreira competed in the 2019 Winter X Games XXIII and 2020 Winter X Games XXIV, placing first in the Men's Ski Superpipe.
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Alex Ferreira grew up attending the Aspen school system, where the Aspen High School mascot is The Skiers.
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Between the ages of 8 and 18, Ferreira was part of the Aspen Valley Ski Club, where he met fellow professional skier Torin Yater-Wallace, ski filmer Kyler Sciarrone, and toy designer Mikey Schumacher.
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At AVSC, Alex Ferreira met some of his biggest ski influences and supporters: His current longtime coach, Elana "E" Chase, and Erik Knight.
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Alex Ferreira graduated from Colorado Mountain College in August 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.
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Alex Ferreira's father, Marcelo, was a professional soccer player from Argentina.
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Alex Ferreira's mother, Colleen, was a New Jersey state-level relay racer who ran ten full marathon races and competed and medaled in the Penn Relays.
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Alex Ferreira's parents met in Vail, Colorado and were soon married and moved to Aspen, Colorado to raise their family.
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The win guaranteed Alex Ferreira an invite to the Dew Tour professional competition in December 2013 at Breckenridge Mountain Resort, Colorado.
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Alex Ferreira has won podium finishes in halfpipe events at competitions including X Games, Dew Tour, Whistler Ski Invitational, FIS World Cups, and the Olympic Games.
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In 2018, Alex Ferreira won the silver halfpipe medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Korea, where he made history becoming the first halfpipe athlete in history to attempt and complete an "all doubles run", where a double is an acrobatic ski trick that consists of two flipping rotations within a single jump.
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Alongside his professional halfpipe career, in 2018 Alex Ferreira developed a film persona named Hotdog Hans with his good friend and filmmaker, Matt Hobbs.
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Alex Ferreira quickly gained a following on TikTok that peaked at 1 million followers.
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On Saturday, January 8,2022, Alex Ferreira was named to the United States Winter Olympic Team at a ceremony held at Mammoth Mountain Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California.
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Alex Ferreira earned his spot by winning the Copper Grand Prix and Dew Tour at Copper Mountain in Colorado in December 2021.