Tess Coady

Tess Coady
Personal information
Born (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)
Slopestyle, Big air
World Cup career
Indiv. starts24 (BA – 8, SS – 16)[1]
Indiv. podiums7 (BA – 1, SS – 6)
Indiv. wins2 (SS – 2)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Australia
Winter Olympics
2022 Beijing Slopestyle
World Championships
2021 Aspen Slopestyle
2023 Bakuriani Big air
Winter X Games
2023 Aspen Slopestyle
Updated on 1 March 2026

Tess Coady (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian snowboarder from Melbourne who won bronze in the slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She also won a bronze medal in slopestyle at the 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championships, and a bronze medal in big air at the 2023 world championships.

Career

Born in Melbourne on 2 November 2000,[2] Coady was raised in St. Kilda, Victoria, and began snowboarding with her siblings on weekends and holidays. She began competing at age 14.[3] Coady participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed in big air and in slopestyle.[4]

She represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At 17 years old, Coady was the youngest athlete on Australia's Olympic team in PyeongChang. She was set to make her Olympic debut in the slopestyle event,[4] but tore her ACL while undertaking a practice run in difficult conditions.[5] The qualification heats for the slopestyle event were later cancelled due to strong winds.

Since 2020, Coady has been affiliated with the artistic collective Drain Gang.

At the 2021 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, Coady won bronze in the slopestyle competition.[6]

On 6 February 2022, she won the bronze medal in the slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[7] behind Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Julia Marino.[8] She also qualified for the Olympic final in the big air event, where she placed ninth.[2]

In the 2022-2023 competition season, Coady won bronze at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia in the big air event and silver in the slopestyle event at the 2023 Winter X Games.[9][10][11]

2026 season

Coady was selected to represent Australia at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.[12] She finished seventh in the big air final alongside compatriot Meila Stalker (tenth).[13]

Results

Olympic Winter Games

As of 1 March 2026[14]
 Year   Age   Big Air   Slopestyle 
2018 Pyeongchang 17 DNS
2022 Beijing 21 9 3
2026 Milano Cortina 25 7 27

World Championships

As of 1 March 2026[15]
 Year   Age   Big Air   Slopestyle 
2017 Sierra Nevada 16 21 11
2021 Aspen 20 5 3
2023 Bakuriani 22 3 4
2025 Engadin 24 23 12

X Games

As of 1 March 2026[16]
 Year   Age   Big Air   Slopestyle   Knuckle Huck 
2022 Aspen 21 6 N/a
2023 Aspen 22 8 2 N/a
2026 Aspen 25 4 8

World Cup results by season

As of 1 March 2026[17][18]
Season Big Air Slopestyle Overall Park & Pipe
Events
started
Wins Pods Points Rank Events
started
Wins Pods Points Rank Events
started
Wins Pods Points Rank
2017–18[19] 2 0 0 500 26 2 0 1 740 8 4 0 1 1240 26
2019–20[20] 1 0 0 240 28 1 1 1 1000 8 2 1 1 1240 30
2020–21[21] 1 0 0 9 22 3 0 2 165 4 0 2 174 6
2021–22[22] 0 2 1 1 150 8 2 1 1 150 14
2022–23[23] 1 0 0 29 30 2 0 1 102 8 2 1 1 150 19
2023–24[24] 1 0 1 80 10 1 0 0 50 14 2 0 1 130 20
2024–25[25] 0 2 0 0 90 15 2 0 0 90 38
2025–26[26] 2 0 0 82 12 1 0 0 40 11 3 0 0 122 19

References

  1. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Career information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Tess Coady". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Tess Coady". The North Face. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Athletic profile – Tess Coady". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ Lisson, Ben (12 February 2018). "Winter Olympics: Wind wreaks havoc at slopestyle, Tess Coady blames gusts for injury". ABC News. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ Women's snowboard slopestyle results
  7. ^ "Tess Coady claims Australia's first medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics with bronze in slopestyle snowboarding". ABC News. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Slopestyle, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  9. ^ Cox, Britt (4 March 2023). "Coady and Guseli help Australia to record medal haul at world championships". 7NEWS. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  10. ^ Smale, Simone (5 March 2023). "Tess Coady's bronze underlines Australia's most successful ever Freestyle World Championships". ABC News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ Bruton, Michelle (27 January 2023). "At X Games, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott And Tess Coady Prove Australasia Is Taking Over Women's Snowboarding". Forbes. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ^ AAP (19 January 2026). "Winter Olympics Australia Team Milano Cortina 2026". espn.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  13. ^ AAP (10 February 2026). "Australian Tess Coady Awe Leading Snowboard Trio Medallists Winter Olympics". espn.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Olympic Winter Games". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  15. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – World Championships". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Tess Coady X Games Profile". xgames.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  17. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Cups". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Podiums". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  19. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2018 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  20. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2020 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  21. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2021 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2022 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  23. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2023 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  24. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2024 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  25. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2025 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  26. ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2026 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.