Billy Morgan (snowboarder)

Billy Morgan (born 2 April 1989) is an English snowboarder, who won a big air Bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Billy Morgan
Personal information
Born (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989
Southampton, England
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangBig Air
Winter X Games Europe
Bronze medal – third place2016 Oslo (Europe Summer)Big Air
Updated on 24 February 2018.

Career

Born in Southampton, England, he competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1] Morgan finished 10th in the men's slopestyle final.[2]

Morgan achieved his first podium finish in an FIS Snowboard World Cup event at the World Cup Finals meeting at Sierra Nevada, Spain in March 2013, where he finished third in the slopestyle competition. He finished the 2012-13 season ranked second in snowboard slopestyle in the FIS World Ranking List.[3][4] Morgan has won three medals at FIS World Cup.

Morgan first took up snowboarding at the age of fourteen on a dry slope after previously competing in acrobatic gymnastics. In April 2015, Morgan landed the world's first "quad cork".[5] The following day, Morgan noted of the Quad Cork "We’d done a bunch of riding that morning, just prepping for it, and had a reshape on the jump. After that, the quicker I did it the better. I thought ‘right, if I don’t do it now, I wont have the minerals to do it’ so I went back up, composed myself, and just sent it.".[6]

He took his first X Games medal in February 2016 at X Games Oslo, where he finished third in the big air competition.[7] Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Morgan won the bronze medal in the Big Air event.[8]

In an interview published on April 23, 2021, Morgan confirmed he had officially retired from Olympic competition and expressed his desire to serve as an ambassador for the sport to spread snowboarding to younger generations.[9]

Personal life

Morgan was born to Eddie and Joanne, and has an older brother, Ashley. He attended Bellemoor School.[10][11] As of April 2021, Morgan lives with his girlfriend and son.[12]

References
  1. "Billy Morgan". www.sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. "Sochi 2014 results: Snowboarding men's slopestyle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Bronze for Billy". British Ski & Snowboard. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. "Billy Morgan wins bronze medal at World Cup finals in Sierra Nevada". bbc.co.uk. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. Bell, Graham (18 October 2013). "Billy Morgan: The Olympic Interview". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. "Billy Morgan Interview | We Talked to the Man Behind The Quad Cork 1800". Mpora. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. "Billy Morgan wins X Games bronze in snowboard big air". bbc.co.uk. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. "Winter Olympics: Billy Morgan wins Great Britain's record fifth medal in Pyeongchang". 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "Q&A With Billy Morgan". Mpora. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  10. Walter, Simon (27 April 2013). "Top freestyle snowboarder Billy Morgan targets Sochi 2014". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest Media. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  11. "Past Student Represents GB at the Winter Olympics!". USH Newsletter. Upper Shirley High. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  12. "Q&A With Billy Morgan". Mpora. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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