Queralt Castellet
Queralt Castellet (2022)
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989
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 place2022 BeijingHalfpipe
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 KreischbergHalfpipe
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenHalfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2020 AspenSuperpipe
Silver medal – second place2019 AspenSuperpipe
Silver medal – second place2022 AspenSuperpipe
Bronze medal – third place2011 TignesSuperpipe
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place2015 GranadaHalfpipe

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.

Life and career

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

Castellet currently lives in New Zealand.

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
200613 February 2006Italy Turin, ItalyHalfpipe26th
201018 February 2010Canada Vancouver, CanadaHalfpipe12th
201412 February 2014Russia Sochi, RussiaHalfpipe11th
201813 February 2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South KoreaHalfpipe7th
20229 February 2022China Beijing, ChinaHalfpipe2nd

World championships results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
200720 January 2007Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandHalfpipe10th
200923 January 2009South Korea Gangwon, South KoreaHalfpipe6th
201320 January 2013Canada Stoneham, CanadaHalfpipe5th
201517 January 2015Austria Kreischberg, AustriaHalfpipe2nd
201711 March 2017Spain Sierra Nevada, SpainHalfpipe11th
17 March 2017Big air10th
20198 February 2019United States Park City, United StatesHalfpipe4th
202113 March 2021United States Aspen, United StatesHalfpipe3rd

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 27 January 2008 Italy Bardonecchia, Italy Halfpipe 2nd
9 March 2008 Canada Stoneham, Canada Halfpipe 3rd
16 March 2008 Italy Valmalenco, Italy Halfpipe 2nd
201126 March 2011Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandHalfpipe1st
20123 November 2011Switzerland Saas-Fee, SwitzerlandHalfpipe1st
2013 26 August 2012 New Zealand Cardrona, New Zealand Halfpipe 3rd
12 January 2013 United States Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 3rd
201613 February 2016Canada Quebec, CanadaBig air3rd
201813 January 2018United States Snowmass, USAHalfpipe1st
20 January 2018 Switzerland Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 3rd
2019 19 January 2019 Switzerland Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 2nd
15 February 2019 Canada Calgary, Canada Halfpipe 1st
2020 14 December 2019 United States Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 1st
18 January 2020 Switzerland Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 1st
202121 March 2021United States Aspen, USAHalfpipe2nd
202211 December 2021United States Copper Mountain, USAHalfpipe3rd
15 January 2022 Switzerland Laax, Switzerland Halfpipe 3rd
2023 16 December 2022 United States Copper Mountain, USA Halfpipe 1st

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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