Kaylie Buck
Personal information
Born (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000
Oakville, Ontario Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom
Medal record
FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 LachtalParallel Giant Slalom

Kaylie Buck (born 20 February 2000) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline.[1][2]

Career

At the 2020 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships, Buck won bronze in the parallel giant slalom event, becoming the first Canadian woman to win an alpine medal at the event.[3]

Buck has competed at two Senior World Championships in 2019 and 2021.[2]

In January 2022, Buck was initially not named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[4][5][6] However, after an appeal process, Buck along with three other snowboarders were added to the team in the parallel giant slalom event.[7][8]

Buck finished 21st at the 2022 Olympic Games.

References

  1. ↑ "Kaylie Buck". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Kaylie Buck". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kaylie Buck Earns the First Ever Women's Alpine Medal for Canada at a World Junior Championships and Kaylie Buck Bring's Home Bronze in PGS in Lachtal, Austria". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Four Athletes Added to the Beijing 2022 Canadian Olympic Snowboard Team". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Quatre athlètes de surf des neiges s'ajoutent à Équipe Canada" [Four snowboard athletes join Team Canada]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Radio Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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