Kimiko Zakreski
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Kimiko Zakreski is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in Calgary
, Alberta
. Zakreski competes in alpine disciplines, Parallel GS and Parallel Slalom.
She was featured in the MTV Canada
series Summer Sessions with national riders like Dominique Vallee
and close friend Michael Lambert
. She is also featured in the follow-up MTV show Over the Bolts which followed the Canadian national team over the season. Zakreski and her friendship with Lambert is one of the main "storylines" followed on the show.
Zakreski got her first World Cup podium on the 2008-09 FIS Snowboard World Cup tour, finishing second in Limone Piemonte
, Italy. In December during the 2009-10 FIS Snowboard World Cup
season she achieved her second ever WC podium finishing third in Telluride, Colorado
. Kimiko competed for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics
in Vancouver
.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. Zakreski competes in alpine disciplines, Parallel GS and Parallel Slalom.
She was featured in the MTV Canada
MTV Canada
MTV is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel devoted to talk, lifestyle and documentary programming.MTV is owned by Bell Media, with its name licensed from the American channel of the same name, which is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom.The channel launched as talktv...
series Summer Sessions with national riders like Dominique Vallee
Dominique Vallee
Dominique Vallee is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe and snowboard cross events....
and close friend Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert (snowboarder)
Michael Lambert is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in Toronto. Michael competes in the Alpine disciplines, Parallel GS and Parallel Slalom...
. She is also featured in the follow-up MTV show Over the Bolts which followed the Canadian national team over the season. Zakreski and her friendship with Lambert is one of the main "storylines" followed on the show.
Zakreski got her first World Cup podium on the 2008-09 FIS Snowboard World Cup tour, finishing second in Limone Piemonte
Limone Piemonte
Limone Piemonte is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 20 km south of Cuneo, on the border with France...
, Italy. In December during the 2009-10 FIS Snowboard World Cup
2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season started on 9 October 2009 and lasted until 17 March 2010. The World Cup was organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic...
season she achieved her second ever WC podium finishing third in Telluride, Colorado
Telluride, Colorado
The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains...
. Kimiko competed for Canada at 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...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
.