Who won women's snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022?

Who won women’s snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022? Lindsey Jacobellis won the gold medal.

Jacobellis represented the United States in the women’s snowboard cross final at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou on February 9, 2022. Chloé Trespeuch of France finished second, while Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine took bronze. Jacobellis’s victory made her an Olympic champion nearly two decades after her first Olympic snowboard cross medal.

Her earlier Olympic story is one of the sport’s most remembered moments. At the 2006 Turin Games, Jacobellis was leading the final when she attempted a celebratory grab near the finish, fell and was passed by Switzerland’s Tanja Frieden. Jacobellis settled for silver, and the incident followed her throughout her career.

Beijing provided a dramatic reversal. The 36-year-old American won the race decisively and became the oldest snowboarder to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Michela Moioli, the defending champion from Italy, was among the main names associated with the event but was not the winner in Beijing.