JAKARA ANTHONY
Olympic Winter Games Attended
BIOGRAPHY
Jakara Anthony was destined to end up in winter sports, after her parents first met on the slopes at Mt Buller.
Living and attending school on the mountain, Anthony had a number of promising results young age training in the Team Buller Riders (TBR) program, dominating at the Interschools level, and junior mogul events in Australia and overseas. Anthony announced her firm intention to be a major player on the Mogul World Cup circuit in January 2017 by qualifying for the women’s final with now World Champion and team mate Britt Cox at Deer Valley in Utah. Anthony finished in 14th place at that event, proving the promise that the 2014 Junior National Mogul Champion has much to offer and has come a long way, very quickly. At 16-years- of-age, Anthony made her World Cup debut in January 2015, placing 33rd. By early 2017, the Barwon Heads skier went on to crack the top-ten at the Tazawako World Cup two weeks later with a 9th place finish and new PB of 74.17. She made her World Championships debut at Sierra Nevada in March 2017, pacing 12th in the women’s event with a solid 75.45 in the round of 18. In January 2018, she stepped up to a career best in Deer Valley, Utah, USA making her first Super Final, finishing 5th overall. Competing in her first ever Olympic Winter Games in PyeiongChang, Anthony was Australia's highest placed female Mogul Skier, narrowly missing the podium in fourth place. Anthony had a breakout season in 2018-2019, establishing herself as one of the best female mogul skiers in the world. She achieved her first ever World Cup podium with a silver medal in Thaiwoo, China, and won her first World Cup gold medal in Lake Placid, USA. At the 2019 World Championships in Deer Valley, USA, Anthony won a silver medal, narrowly missing out on the win. Anthony finished the season with six medals and was ranked second in the world after her final event of the season. Anthony continued her strong form at the top of her sport in the 2019-2020 World Cup season, claiming four World Cup medals and finishing the season ranked second on the end of year World Cup standings for the second straight year. COVID forced a number of events to be cancelled in the In the 2020-2021 season, with Anthony narrowly missed out on the podium twice after reaching the top-six super final. At the World Cup event in Deer Valley USA, Anthony placed sixth on the prestigious 2002 Olympic course, and came just short of reaching the second World Championship podium of her career in Almaty, Kazakhstan, finishing in fourth place. Anthony's 2021-2022 season was simply awesome, recording the most successful season by an Australian winter sports athlete in history. At the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Anthony put in a commanding performance, winning every round of the competition to become just Australia's sixth ever winter gold medallist, and the first since Lydia Lassila in 2010. Anthony then finished the season in the best possible way, with a double podium weekend at the final event of the season in Megève, France, securing her first overall World Cup Crystal Globe as the world number one ranked mogul skier at the end the season. Anthony also secured the dual mogul Crystal Globe as the number one dual mogul skier. The double podium performance made it a remarkable 12 medals from 13 starts for Anthony, the most ever won by an Australia in a single season, and the second Australian female to win the overall mogul skiing World Cup Crystal Globe, joining Britt Cox who led the world in 2016-2017. Anthony was fittingly crowned athlete of the year at the 2022 Snow Australia Awards. In the 2022-2023 season Anthony continued her phenomenal success, winning the opening three single mogul World Cup events to start the season. . Anthony also had podium performances in January at Val St Come, Canada, and her fourth Victory of the season the week after in Deer Valley, USA, the most prestigious stop on the mogul skiing tour alongside teammate Matt Graham in Deer Valley, USA, becoming the second Australian pair to achieve victory on the same day. Anthony finished the season ranked number one in the single mogul standings, giving her the third Crystal Globe trophy of her impressive career. In the 2023-2024 World Cup season, Anthony had the greatest season ever by an Australian winter sports athlete, winning an incredible 14 World Cup events, which is the most ever by a mogul skier in a single season, smashing the previous best of 11 wins, which was set by legendary American Olympic Champion mogul skier Hannah Kearney during the 2011-2012 season. Anthony also collected her third of three World Cup Champion Crystal Globes for the season, after finishing ranked first in single moguls, dual moguls and the overall which combines both mogul disciplines. After collecting her Crystal Globe titles at the final World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy, Anthony reflected on her historic season. “The season has been absolute wild, it’s hard to put it into words, I am super proud of what I have been able to achieve with my team around me, and the skiing and jumping I have been able to do. “Crystal Globes are so hard to come by as you have to ski so consistently all season, to get another one I never dreamt of this. “World Championship gold is the only major medal I don’t have now, and we have the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games coming up which will be the first time dual moguls are in the Olympics. Me and my team are just going to keep ticking along, trying to change things every year and get better.” Over her impressive career, Anthony now has 22 World Cup victories, only two wins behind aerial skiing legend Jacqui Cooper who leads all Australian winter sport athletes with 24 wins. Anthony also tied aerial skiing pioneer and first skiing World Champion, Kirstie Marshall, for the most career World Cup podiums by an Australian athlete at 41. Anthony's unbeatable season finished with being crowned athlete of the year at the 2024 Snow Australia awards, the second time she has received the honour. Q & AChildhood Ambition:
To win a gold medal at the Olympics Proudest Moment: Living out my childhood dreams by winning a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with an incredible support team around me I began this sport .... I started skiing when I was 4 and got introduced to mogul skiing when I was about 8 through the Interschools SnowSports Championships Participation in other sports: Surfing and cycling are my go-to's at the moment but I love doing anything active Favourite overseas competition and why: World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah. The atmosphere is always incredible and the course is so well maintained. It's always a highlight of the season Sports Hero: Ash Barty When I am not training/competing I am: Spending time at home or chasing warm weather - pretty much hanging out anywhere with a beach! Highest level of education achieved: Currently undertaking an undergraduate degree at Deakin University Sponsors: Tanarra Capital, Buller Ski Lifts, Mercedes Benz Waverley, ELEVEN Australia, Oakley Australia, Buller Grocer, IDone, K2 boots LINKSOWIA News Search: Additional Links:
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