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Queralt Castellet

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castellet and the second or maternal family name is Ibáñez.

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.

Queralt Castellet
Queralt Castellet (2022)
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 34)
Sabadell, Spain
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSnowboarding
EventHalfpipe
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Halfpipe
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kreischberg Halfpipe
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Aspen Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2022 Aspen Superpipe
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tignes Superpipe
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Granada Halfpipe

Life and career edit

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 edit

Castellet currently lives in New Zealand.

Olympic results edit

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2006 13 February 2006   Turin, Italy Halfpipe 26th
2010 18 February 2010   Vancouver, Canada Halfpipe 12th
2014 12 February 2014   Sochi, Russia Halfpipe 11th
2018 13 February 2018   Pyeongchang, South Korea Halfpipe 7th
2022 9 February 2022   Beijing, China Halfpipe 2nd

World championships results edit

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2007 20 January 2007   Arosa, Switzerland Halfpipe 10th
2009 23 January 2009   Gangwon, South Korea Halfpipe 6th
2013 20 January 2013   Stoneham, Canada Halfpipe 5th
2015 17 January 2015   Kreischberg, Austria Halfpipe 2nd
2017 11 March 2017   Sierra Nevada, Spain Halfpipe 11th
17 March 2017 Big air 10th
2019 8 February 2019   Park City, United States Halfpipe 4th
2021 13 March 2021   Aspen, United States Halfpipe 3rd

World Cup podiums edit

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 27 January 2008   Bardonecchia, Italy Halfpipe 2nd
9 March 2008   Stoneham, Canada Halfpipe 3rd
16 March 2008   Valmalenco, Italy Halfpipe 2nd
2011 26 March 2011   Arosa, Switzerland Halfpipe 1st
2012 3 November 2011   Saas-Fee, Switzerland Halfpipe 1st
2013 26 August 2012   Cardrona, New Zealand Halfpipe 3rd
12 January 2013   Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 3rd
2016 13 February 2016   Quebec, Canada Big air 3rd
2018 13 January 2018   Snowmass, USA Halfpipe 1st
20 January 2018   Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 3rd
2019 19 January 2019   Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 2nd
15 February 2019   Calgary, Canada Halfpipe 1st
2020 14 December 2019   Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 1st
18 January 2020   Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 1st
2021 21 March 2021   Aspen, USA Halfpipe 2nd
2022 11 December 2021   Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 3rd
15 January 2022   Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 3rd
2023 16 December 2022   Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 1st

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "How to go pro (when you're Queralt Castellet)". Red Bull. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Queralt Castellet". Red Bull. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

External links edit

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