| 词条 | Elizabeth Swaney |
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| name = Elizabeth Swaney | image = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Elizabeth Marian Swaney | nationality = American, Hungarian | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|30|df=yes}}[1] | birth_place = California | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = {{HUN}} | sport = Freestyle skiing | event = Halfpipe | show-medals = yes }} Elizabeth Marian Swaney (born 30 July 1984) is a Hungarian-American freestyle skier. She competed for Hungary in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe. Swaney graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2007, where she briefly mounted a campaign for Governor of California at the age of 19. At Berkeley she served as coxswain for the university rowing team. She attempted to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics for Venezuela in both skeleton and freestyle skiing, and qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe, in which she placed last. Athletic careerWhile at University of California, Berkeley Swaney was the coxswain for the men's rowing team.[2] She first thought she would try competing in bobsleigh as a pilot, but was told she was too small to be competitive in the sport. She then turned to skeleton and freestyle skiing,[3] in which she sought to represent Venezuela, her mother's homeland, at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4][5] She started skiing for Hungary in 2015, based on her grandparents' country of birth.[6] Olympic qualifyingSwaney qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics representing Hungary in half-pipe skiing.[7] Beginning in 2013[8] she attended all the World Cup qualifying events over the two Olympic qualifying years, and the 2017 World Championship in Sierra Nevada, Spain. In order to qualify for the Olympics, athletes needed to place in the top 30 at either a FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup event or FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and score a minimum of 50.00 FIS points.[8] Swaney achieved this by attending competitions with fewer than thirty participants,[6] with one event in China having fifteen (in which she placed thirteenth). Thirteen of her top 30 finishes were a result of her showing up, not falling, and recording a score.[9] As a result of Swaney's selection of competitions, she was ranked 34th in her run up to the Olympics.[6] The Olympic quota system also aided in her qualifying. While 24 women were able to compete in half-pipe competition, there are limits on the number of skiers each country could send. The maximum a country could send was twenty six (with a maximum of fourteen men and fourteen women) across all freestyle skiing events.[10] So while the United States had six women ranked within the top 20 in the world in halfpipe skiing, only four were allowed to compete in the Olympics based on the quota system. Between the quota system and injuries, Swaney's ranking of 34 granted her qualification for the Olympics.[6] 2018 OlympicsAt the 2018 Winter Olympics, Swaney competed in the women's half-pipe, in what was described as a "perfectly mediocre run", without falling. She scored 30.00 and 31.40, "barely attempting a trick" in either of her two runs. She placed last in the competition, 13.60 points behind Laila Friis-Salling of Denmark, who had fallen in both of her qualifying runs.[9] The incident prompted the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) to reevaluate its selection process,[8] and possible changes to the quota system.[17] While critics called her Olympic performance a "mockery", she received support from Canadian skier Cassie Sharpe who had won the gold medal, who said, "If you are going to put in the time and effort to be here, then you deserve to be here as much as I do."[11][6][17][12] Maddie Bowman, a 2014 gold medalist, gave her a hug after the competition and told her, "We love you." David Wise, a double gold medalist, told a reporter he was "inspired by her."[12] Personal lifeWhile studying at University of California, Berkeley (from which she graduated in 2007) she briefly launched a campaign for Governor of California.[2] After graduation she studied for and received a Master's degree at Harvard University.[13] While at Harvard she volunteered as the assistant coach for their Track and Field team. She works as a software engineer recruiter for Thumbtack in Silicon Valley.[13] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n3033186-elizabeth-marian-swaney.htm | title=Elizabeth Marian Swaney| work=Olympic.org | accessdate=19 February 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Reiss|first1=Jaclyn|title=Here’s what Elizabeth Swaney was like during her Harvard days, according to her mentor - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/21/here-what-elizabeth-swaney-was-like-during-her-harvard-days-according-her-mentor/KfiEoAAPpZh24ECrxk8npN/story.html|work=Boston Globe|date=22 February 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah Engel|title=Elizabeth Swaney, Viral Olympic Skier, Says She Put Her Whole Heart Into Her Halfpipe|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/sports/olympics/elizabeth-swaney-olympics-video.html|accessdate=6 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=20 February 2018}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Anastassia Smorodinskaya: American dual-sport athlete Liz Swaney chases Olympic dreams...for Venezuela|url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2013/12/05/liz-swaney-sochi-olympics-venezuela|website=SI.com|publisher=Sports Illustrated|accessdate=6 March 2018|language=en|date=5 December 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/19/winter-olympics-average-american-skier-elizabeth-swaney-hungary-team/351061002/|title=How did average American skier Elizabeth Swaney make Hungary's Olympic team?|website=USA TODAY}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/meet-elizabeth-swaney-the-american-skier-who-scammed-her-way-to-the-olympics/|title=Meet Elizabeth Swaney, the American skier who scammed her way to the Olympics|first=Pete|last=Blackburn|publisher=CBS Sports|date=February 20, 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 | title=The Winter Olympics Feature 2,951 Of The World’s Greatest Athletes, And Also This Woman | work=Deadspin.com | date=19 February 2018 | accessdate=19 February 2018 | author=Redford, Patrick}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE XXIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES PYEONGCHANG 2018|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/media/olympic-games/2018/english-qs/owg-pyeongchang-2018-qualification-system-freestyle-skiing.pdf|publisher=FIS|accessdate=6 March 2018}} 9. ^1 {{cite news|title=Is Elizabeth Swaney the worst Olympian ever, or just one of the craftiest?|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/freestyleskiing/elizabeth-marian-swaney-hungary-freestyle-halfpipe-1.4542838|accessdate=6 March 2018|work=CBC|agency=CBC Sports|date=22 February 2018}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Never bet against Canada in moguls: Everything you need to know about Olympic ski and snowboard (judged events)|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/everything-you-need-to-know-about-olympic-skiing-judging-events|accessdate=6 March 2018|work=National Post|date=7 February 2018}} 11. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2018/02/20/587356461/how-an-average-american-skier-managed-to-scheme-her-way-into-the-olympics|title=How An Average American Skier Managed To Scheme Her Way Into The Olympics|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-02-21|language=en}} 12. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/elizabeth-swaney|title= The Believer -- After a mysterious freestyle ski run in last year’s Winter Olympics, people called Elizabeth Swaney a scam artist and the worst athlete in the history of the games. They’re wrong.|work=californiasunday.com|access-date=2019-03-16|language=en}} 13. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/19/elizabeth-swaney-olympic-halfpipe-contest/|title=Underdog Liz Swaney from Oakland is talk of Olympics after her modest skiing in halfpipe|date=20 February 2018|publisher=Mercury News}} External links
9 : 1984 births|Living people|Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics|Hungarian female freestyle skiers|American female freestyle skiers|Olympic freestyle skiers of Hungary|Harvard University alumni|University of California, Berkeley alumni|American people of Hungarian descent |
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