Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Age: 24
Hometown: Calgary, Alta.
Accomplishments:
- 2012 Winter X Games Champion.
- 2012 Winter X Games Europe Champion.
- 2013 Winter X Games Silver Medallist.
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Interesting Fact: Started skiing at age 3 but had to give it up in elementary school when her family moved to Ecuador. She fell in love with the sport all over again while watching the 2002 Salt Lake City games on TV in Ecuador.
Chances: The sport of ski halfpipe is making its Olympic debut in Sochi and Groenewoud is considered one of the clear gold-medal favourites, despite recently having surgery on both knees.
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