Elena Hight is an American

United States

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 Olympic snowboarder.

Career

Hight started snowboarding in 1995 and competing in 2002. Her best World Cup finish was third in a halfpipe event in Spain

Spain

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 in 2009.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 in Turin

Turin

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, Hight finished sixth in the halfpipe event. She finished 19th in the halfpipe at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005

FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005

The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 took place between January 16 and January 22 in Whistler-Blackcomb, near Vancouver, Canada. The venues would be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain.-Snowboard Cross:...

 in Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

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2010

At the January 2010 Winter X Games XIV

Winter X Games XIV

Winter X Games XIV were held from January 28 to January 31, 2010, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 9th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen...

 in Aspen, Colorado

Aspen, Colorado

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, Hight placed sixth in the Women's Snowboard SuperPipe.

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

On January 26, 2010, Hight made the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 US team. At the Olympics on February 18, 2010 on Vancouver's Cypress Mountain, she finished 10th in the ladies' halfpipe with a 2-run best score of 24.6. It was third best of the four American competitors (Hannah Teter

Hannah Teter

Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...

, Kelly Clark

Kelly Clark

Kelly Clark is a snowboarder born in the village of West Dover in the town of Dover, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999...

, Gretchen Bleiler

Gretchen Bleiler

Gretchen Bleiler is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.-Career:...

, and Hight), the same four who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

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