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Mark Lee McMorris (born 9 December 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. While filming for Transworld Snowboarding's "Park Sessions" video in March 2011, Mark became the first person to land a Backside Triple Cork 1440. More recently, on April 28th, 2018, Mark landed the world first Double Cork off of a rail, the Front-Board Double Cork 1170 with melancholy grab. Mark has also left his mark at X-Games and other events. In 2012 and 2013, Mark won back-to-back gold medals in Winter X Games in the slopestyle event.[5] He competed in the slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he won a bronze medal, Canada's first medal in those Games. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, he won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event, only 11 months after a snowboarding accident with near-fatal internal injuries.[6] He has also appeared in many videos for Transworld Snowboarding, Burton, Redbull, CBC, Shredbots.
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Full name | Mark Lee McMorris |
Nickname(s) | Sparky,[1] McLovin',[2] McRib[3] |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born | (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 30) Regina, Saskatchewan |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4] |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[4] |
Website | www |
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Country | Canada |
Sport | Snowboarding |
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Turned pro | 2010 |
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