Elizabeth HOSKING

Historical Results

Liz.

Golfing.

Athlete

Father, Eric Hosking. Mother, Raymonde Aubin. Brother, William Hosking. Sister, Eve Pauze.

French, English

Apexx Equipes Sportives

Personal: Brian Smith (CAN), Mental trainer: Heidi Malo (CAN)

2014 FIS event in Copper Mountain (Halfpipe - 17th)
2017 World Cup in Cardrona (Halfpipe - 28th)

February 2021: Concussion while training in Laax, Switzerland.

December 2019: Broke left ankle during World Cup in Secret Garden, China, still finishing seventh. After an operation, her rehabilitation coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.

2016: Broke both wrists (while training at the gym, not catching big air on the halfpipe), six weeks before the 2016 Canadian Championships. She required surgery on both wrists and a metal plate and a few bolts were needed to fix the damage. Was still able to compete and won gold in slopestyle at the event. "I was doing resistance training with a bungee cord, and I thought it would be funny if my friends dragged me as far as the cord could go." It didn’t go as planned and she flew through the air before breaking her fall with her wrists. (globalnews.ca, 28 Apr 2018)

2016

Started snowboarding at age six at her house's entrance which has a slight incline, so she put on her winter clothes, and walked up with her brothers' snowboard in hand and rode down. "One day (her current coach) Brian Smith saw me on the slopes and noticed something. He approached my parents and my adventure started." (elizabethhosking.ca, May 2020; Athlete, May 2021)

Loves the individuality that comes with freestyle snowboarding. "Two people can do the same trick on paper, but each person can make it look completely different and add their own style to it." (Athlete, May 2021)

Win a medal at the Olympic Winter Games, and the Crystal Globe. During the podium ceremony for the medal winners of the halfpipe at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, she turned to her coaches Catherine Parent and Brian Smith and said, “I want this. I want a medal." (Athlete, May 2021; lapresse.ca, 2 Nov 2021)

Has been working with her mental trainer, Heidi Malo, since she was 12. "She has helped me grow as an athlete and as a young woman." (elizabethhosking.ca, May 2020)

Finishing seventh at the 2021 World Championships in Aspen after coming back from a concussion a month earlier. (Athlete, May 2021)

Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury (CAN), 2018 Olympic gold medallist, four-time World champion.

Basketball player Michael Jordan (USA), two-time Olympic champion (1984, 1992), six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion with the Chicago Bulls.

Tennis player Serena Williams (USA), four-time Olympic champion, winner of 23-time Grand Slam singles titles

Short-track speed skater Marianne St-Gelais (CAN), three-time Olympic silver medallist, 17-time World Championship medallist.

"All are athletes from different sports, but the determination and hard work they all put in to be the best was/is so inspirational. Also what they have been able to do with their careers beyond sport is just incredible." (Athlete, May 2021)

Her coach has been by her side since the beginning of her career. "Not only does his wisdom on snowboarding help me become a better snowboarder myself, but all the wisdom he has on life has also helped me tremendously off snow." (Athlete, May 2021)

"You'll never know until you try, good or bad." (Athlete, May 2021)

Recipient of the Quebec Governor-General of youth excellence. (2018)

Recipient of the Medal of the National Assembly. (2018)

Club de la Medaille d'or recipient. (2016)