24 Facts About Lindsey Jacobellis

Lindsey Jacobellis was born on August 19,1985 and is an American snowboarder from Roxbury, Connecticut.

Lindsey Jacobellis won gold in mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Lindsey Jacobellis was born in Danbury, Connecticut and grew up in Danbury and southern Vermont, where her family had a weekend home.

Lindsey Jacobellis was competitive from a young age, constantly trying to keep up with Ben or her father on the slopes.

Lindsey Jacobellis was the only girl racing in snowboard cross and says that competing against boys influenced how she approached the sport.

Lindsey Jacobellis has snowboarded competitively in snowboard cross, snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard halfpipe competitions.

At the 2003 Winter X Games, Lindsey Jacobellis won bronze in slopestyle.

Lindsey Jacobellis made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, making her first Olympic final in the process.

Frieden passed her to win the gold; Lindsey Jacobellis recovered and settled for silver.

At the 2007 Winter X Games, Lindsey Jacobellis lost the lead in a fall near the finish line in snowboard cross.

Lindsey Jacobellis dropped halfpipe from her competition schedule in 2008 due to increasing injuries.

Lindsey Jacobellis regained the gold medal in snowboard cross at Winter X Games XII in 2008.

Lindsey Jacobellis failed to progress to the medal round of snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as early in her semifinal race, she landed badly during a jump, and to avoid a collision with another rider, went through a gate, resulting in automatic disqualification; she then slid off the course.

In 2011, Lindsey Jacobellis won her fourth straight gold in snowboard cross at the Winter X Games, adding to her gold medals in 2008,2009, and 2010.

Lindsey Jacobellis failed to progress to the medal round of snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Lindsey Jacobellis was leading the semifinal race when she crashed.

Lindsey Jacobellis finished in 7th place in the overall standings.

At the 2015 World Championship, Lindsey Jacobellis won gold in snowboard cross.

The New York Times reported that in the period between the 2014 and 2018 Olympics, in addition to her training, surfing, and other competition strategies, Lindsey Jacobellis began working with the mental skills coach Denise Shull.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Lindsey Jacobellis made her second Olympic snowboard cross final.

Lindsey Jacobellis followed up her individual gold by winning the debut of the mixed team snowboard cross with partner Nick Baumgartner.

Lindsey Jacobellis appeared on a charity edition of MTVs The Challenge, titled The Challenge: Champs vs Pros.

Lindsey Jacobellis competed to raise money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Lindsey Jacobellis finished as the runner-up with her teammate in the final challenge, Kamerion Wimbley.