British snowboarder (born 2007)
Mia Brookes (born 19 January 2007)[1] is a British snowboarder who won the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023.
Early life
Brookes is from Sandbach, Cheshire, England.[2] She learned to snowboard aged 18 months,[2] at Kidsgrove ski centre in Stoke-on-Trent where her grandfather worked.[3] Her parents spent five ski seasons in Chamonix, France when Brookes was young,[3] and she also continued her snowboarding at Chill Factore.[4] Brookes has attended Sandbach High School; during the COVID-19 pandemic, she studied remotely so that she could compete in snowboard events in mainland Europe.[5]
Career
Brookes has trained in Laax, Switzerland, Livigno, Italy, and Hintertux, Austria.[4] She joined the GB Snowsport programme at the age of 10,[6] and aged 11, she competed at the 2018 British Snowboard Championships in Laax.[3]
In December 2020, Brookes made her international debut, finishing second in a Europa Cup event in Piz Corvatsch.[2][5] She was unable to compete in FIS Snowboard World Cup events until she was 15 years old.[5] In 2022, she won the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships big air event, and finished second in the slopestyle event.[7] She was unable to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics, as she was too young.[2] She finished second in the 2022–23 FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle event in Laax,[4] and came sixth in the event at the 2023 X Games.[6]
Brookes won the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023.[2][8] At the age of 16, she was the youngest ever snowboard world champion and the first British person to win a snowboard slopestyle world title.[8][9] In her winning routine, she became the first woman to land a CAB 1440 in competition.[2][8]
Brookes was named Young Sportswoman of the year by The Times in 2023.[10] In December of that year, she was shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.[11] On 19 December 2023, she was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in a live TV broadcast on BBC One.[12]
Brookes won the 2023 edition of the Big Air World Cup, after finishing the fourth and final competition in third place.[13] Her best result in the competition was second at the event in Edmonton.[14]
Major results
World Championships
World Cup
Season
|
Freestyle overall
|
Slopestyle
|
Big Air
|
Points
|
Position
|
Points
|
Position
|
Points
|
Position
|
2022–23 |
204 |
10th |
130 |
3rd |
74 |
14th
|
2023–24 |
282 |
6th |
32 |
19th |
250 |
1st
|
World cup podiums
Season
|
Date
|
Location
|
Discipline
|
Place
|
2022–23 |
22 January 2023 |
Laax, Switzerland |
Slopestyle |
2nd
|
2023–24 |
21 October 2023 |
Chur, Switzerland |
Big Air |
3rd
|
9 December 2023 |
Edmonton, Canada |
Big Air |
2nd
|
15 December 2023 |
Copper Mountain, United States |
Big Air |
3rd
|
2024–25 |
2 September 2024 |
Cardrona, New Zealand |
Slopestyle |
2nd
|
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