![]() Queralt Castellet (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sabadell, Spain | 17 June 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Queralt Castellet Ibáñez (born 17 June 1989) is a Spanish snowboarder. She won a silver medal in the women's halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making her the first Spanish woman to win an Olympic medal at a Winter Olympics for 30 years.[1] She was a silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships.
Life and career
Castellet was born in Sabadell. She states that although she lived in the city, her parents would take her to the mountains every weekend as they enjoyed camping. She began snowboarding at age 6 after her parents had discovered it four years prior. She also participated in gymnastics, but was forced to stop at age 16 after fracturing her wrist while snowboarding. This prompted her to move to the Pyrenees to snowboard more frequently.[2] As a teenager she competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished tenth in halfpipe at the 2007 World Snowboard Championships. During the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup circuit she placed on the podium three times, and overall she placed third in the halfpipe section of the 2007–08 World Cup.[3]
At the 2010 Winter Olympics she scored a 44.3 on her first qualifying run, third highest. However, she suffered a concussion while practicing in the lead-up to the final and was subsequently forced to withdraw.
At the World Cup, she has seven victories, and ten additional podiums in halfpipe, and another podium in big air.
She won silver in the women's halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, her fifth Olympic Games.[1]
Personal
Castellet currently lives in New Zealand.
Olympic results
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2006 | 13 February 2006 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 26th |
2010 | 18 February 2010 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 12th |
2014 | 12 February 2014 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 11th |
2018 | 13 February 2018 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 7th |
2022 | 9 February 2022 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd |
World championships results
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2007 | 20 January 2007 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 10th |
2009 | 23 January 2009 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 6th |
2013 | 20 January 2013 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 5th |
2015 | 17 January 2015 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd |
2017 | 11 March 2017 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 11th |
17 March 2017 | Big air | 10th | ||
2019 | 8 February 2019 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 4th |
2021 | 13 March 2021 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd |
World Cup podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2008 | 27 January 2008 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd |
9 March 2008 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd | |
16 March 2008 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd | |
2011 | 26 March 2011 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st |
2012 | 3 November 2011 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st |
2013 | 26 August 2012 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd |
12 January 2013 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd | |
2016 | 13 February 2016 | ![]() |
Big air | 3rd |
2018 | 13 January 2018 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st |
20 January 2018 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd | |
2019 | 19 January 2019 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd |
15 February 2019 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st | |
2020 | 14 December 2019 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st |
18 January 2020 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st | |
2021 | 21 March 2021 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd |
2022 | 11 December 2021 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd |
15 January 2022 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd | |
2023 | 16 December 2022 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st |
References
- ^ a b "Queralt Castellet wins halfpipe silver, Spain's first medal in 30 years". Just Women's Sports. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "How to go pro (when you're Queralt Castellet)". Red Bull. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Queralt Castellet". Red Bull. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
- Queralt Castellet at FIS (snowboarding)
- Queralt Castellet at Olympics.com
- Queralt Castellet at Olympedia
- Queralt Castellet at the X Games