Scott James was born on 6 July 1994 and is an Australian snowboarder and four-time Olympian.
26 Facts About Scotty James
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Scotty James was the flag bearer for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the halfpipe.
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Scotty James's began riding at age three and his first snowboard was a display board in a shop in Vancouver.
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Scotty James began competing at age six and started travelling for competitions at 10 years old.
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Scotty James's mother accompanied him on the road, homeschooling him and providing tutors when needed.
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Scotty James moved from racing into halfpipe and slopestyle events, making his international debut as a 14-year-old at the 2008 Europa Cup in Saas Fee, Switzerland.
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Scotty James pulled off his best result to date, a 15th-place finish, which secured him a spot in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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At the age of 15, Scotty James was Australia's youngest male Olympian in 50 years and the youngest male competitor at the Vancouver Games.
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Scotty James finished in the top 10 at two other World Cup events that season.
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Scotty James won the bronze medal in the men's halfpipe competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, behind Shaun White of the United States gold medal in the event and Ayumu Hirano of Japan's silver.
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Scotty James won a silver in the men's halfpipe competition in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
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In December 2022, Scotty James earned a near-perfect score of 99.00 on his second run in the men's final of the US Snowboarding Grand Prix.
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Scotty James's run started with a switch McTwist Japan with massive amplitude that caused audible gasps from the crowd, into a cab 1440 stalefish, frontside 1080 tail grab, cab 900 indy, and ending with a switch backside double cork 1260 indy.
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At the 2023 X Games in Aspen, Colorado, Scotty James won his fifth career gold medal in the halfpipe event.
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At the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, Scotty James was unable to land on the podium and finished in 5th place with a score of 86.50.
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In October 2022, OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange, announced that Scotty James would be an influencer for OKX.
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Scotty James grew up in Warrandyte, Victoria and is a keen golfer and skateboarder.
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Scotty James attended secondary school at Southwood Boys Grammar.
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Scotty James dated American model, Ivy Miller, from 2016 to 2018.
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In 2019, Scotty James began dating Canadian heiress and singer, Chloe Stroll.
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Scotty James is good friends with fellow Australian, F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.
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Scotty James is a cousin of AFL player Marc Pittonet.
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Scotty James converted to Judaism sometime before his marriage to Chloe, and confirmed it in an interview on the radio podcast "the Red Flags Pod".
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In 2018, Scotty James became the first snowboarder to win the VIS Award of Excellence.
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Scotty James earned the award for being an active role model and mentor within his sport, as well as a great ambassador for winter sports and the sporting community.
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Scotty James worked closely with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and Mt Buller to secure the best possible national training facility for Halfpipe in Victoria, Australia, and he spent considerable time and effort to assist with the project.