Olympic champion Jakara Anthony claim 2022 Snow Australia Athlete of the Year Award

This past Thursday Olympic and Paralympic medallists shone bright at the 2022 Snow Australia Awards, with a gala event in Melbourne celebrating the best snowsport athletes and performances of the 2021/22 season.

Mogul skier Jakara Anthony was presented with the Athlete of the Year Award (Olympic Disciplines), claiming yet another accolade after winning the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games and two FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup crystal globes, including the overall moguls title.

Anthony was recognised for her sensational 2021/22 campaign, the most successful season by an Australian winter sport athlete in history, during which she recorded 11 World Cup podiums from 12 starts and became the first Australian Olympic Champion since 2010.

“It’s still very cool every time I hear the words Olympic champion, and I always think did that really happen,” Anthony said.

“But it did and it’s been a really incredible year and I’m still lost for words for how to describe it, but I couldn’t have done it without the Moguls family."

"The moguls atheltes, support staff and coaches are a pretty unique crew, and I wouldn’t be where I am without all of them."

“To have won the Olympic gold medal, two Crystal Globes and now the Snow Australia Athlete of the Year Award - it’s been an amazing season,” she said.

Coaching awards were also presented during the night with Australian mogul team coaches Peter McNiel and Katie Blamey taking the award in the Olympic Disciplines category for their contribution to Jakara Anthony’s extraordinary season and the men’s moguls team results.

Last but not least, the gala night was also an opportunity to celebrate the careers of those athletes who announced their retirement at the end of the 2021/22 season including four mogul skiers: Sophie Ash, James Matheson, Taylah O’Neill and Brodie Summers.

Source: Snow Australia