Alex Ferreira
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aspen, Colorado, U.S. | August 14, 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Aspen, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Colorado Mountain College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | alexferreiraski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Halfpipe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Ferreira (born August 14, 1994) is an American
Early life
Alex Ferreira was born in Aspen, Colorado. He grew up attending the Aspen school system, where the Aspen High School mascot is The Skiers. Between the ages of 8 and 18, Ferreira was part of the Aspen Valley Ski Club (AVSC), where he met fellow professional skier Torin Yater-Wallace, ski filmer Kyler Sciarrone, and toy designer Mikey Schumacher. At AVSC, Ferreira met some of his biggest ski influences and supporters: His current longtime coach, Elana "E" Chase, and Erik Knight.
Ferreira graduated from Colorado Mountain College in August 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. His father, Marcelo, was a professional soccer player from Argentina. His mother, Colleen, was a New Jersey state-level relay racer who ran ten full marathon races and competed and medaled in the Penn Relays. Colleen is a graduate of West Virginia University and the proprietor of The Red Spa in Aspen, Colorado. His parents met in Vail, Colorado and were soon married and moved to Aspen, Colorado to raise their family. Alex has one sister, Lourdes.
Competition career
Ferreira won his first major victory at the Gatorade Freelow Finals youth halfpipe competition hosted by
Film Projects
Alongside his professional halfpipe career, in 2018 Ferreira developed a film persona named Hotdog Hans with his good friend and filmmaker, Matt Hobbs. With the character of Hotdog Hans, Ferreira has produced four feature ski edits and many ski clips uploaded to Instagram and TikTok. www
Current life
In the fall of 2021, Ferreira was training and competing to qualify for his second Olympic Games. The qualification period ended in January 2022 and consisted of 5 more competitions; World Cup at Copper Mountain, Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, 2 World Cups at the Canadian Olympic Park, and the final competition at Mammoth Mountain, California on January 10, 2022.
Breaking his "Copper Curse", Alex took first place at both the Grand Prix on December 10, 2021, with a 93.50[3] and the Dew Tour on December 18, 2021, with a 95.75.[4]
On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Ferreira was named to the United States Winter Olympic Team at a ceremony held at Mammoth Mountain Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. This is second time being named to Represent the United States at the Winter Olympics. Ferreira earned his spot by winning the Copper Grand Prix and Dew Tour at Copper Mountain in Colorado in December 2021. Additional back-to-back 2nd place finishes at the World Cups hosted by Canadian Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada secured his invitation to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in the men's halfpipe event.
References
- ^ Strode, Dale. "Aspen's Ferreira takes bronze". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ Strode, Dale. "Stars line up for Winter X Games". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Ferreira wins Copper Grand Prix, likely locks up 2022 Olympic team spot". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Alex Ferreira wins third Dew Tour title behind 1620, furthers Olympic cause". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
External links
- Alex Ferreira at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Alex Ferreira at U.S. Ski & Snowboard
- Alex Ferreira at Team USA (archive May 14, 2023)
- Alex Ferreira at Olympedia
- Alex Ferreira at Olympics.com
- Alex Ferreira at the X Games (archive)