Melissa Peperkamp

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Melissa Peperkamp
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Personal information
Nickname(s)Katjap
Born (2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 18)
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air

Melissa Peperkamp (born 22 April 2004) is a Dutch snowboarder. She is a multi-time Dutch champion. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, she won a silver medal in the slopestyle event and a bronze in the Big air event. She qualified for both these events for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1][2] In the big air competition she qualified for the final and finished 6th while she narrowly missed the qualification for the final in the slopestyle competition.

Achievement[]

Melissa Peperkamp began competing at the age of 13. She got her first on a snowboard when she was 6 years old, before spending several years working on the basics at her local ski slope. She has been on an upward trajectory in the sport, She started at Skipiste Nieuwegein for the basics. After this it went quickly: from Club SnowWorld, on to Xtreme Team and later Dutch SBX Team. At the invitation of trainer Niels she joined the Rookie Team of the Dutch Ski Association. She has been an official selection member of TeamNL since 2019. she finished sixth in slopestyle in 2020 (Mammoth Mountain), First World Cup top-10 finish was in her second appearance and Her top finish to date is fifth in slopestyle in 2021 (Silvaplana).she Competed at the 2021 World Championships and 2019 Junior World Championships.

References[]

[3]

https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1051195-melissa-peperkamp.htm

https://teamnl.org/sporters/6751-melissa-peperkamp

  1. ^ "Melissa Peperkamp en Niek van der Velden zijn op 'supervette plek' klaar om 'runs te landen'". Tubantia. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Freestyle snowboardster Melissa Peperkamp (17) is bang voor de schans: 'Die angst heb ik nodig'". sportnieuws.nl. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ https://www.redbull.com/int-en/athlete/melissa-peperkamp[bare URL]

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