Tess Coady
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| Born | 2 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 24 (BA – 8, SS – 16)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 7 (BA – 1, SS – 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 2 (SS – 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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
| 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
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Career information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Tess Coady". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Tess Coady". The North Face. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Athletic profile – Tess Coady". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Lisson, Ben (12 February 2018). "Winter Olympics: Wind wreaks havoc at slopestyle, Tess Coady blames gusts for injury". ABC News. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Women's snowboard slopestyle results
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Slopestyle, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Cox, Britt (4 March 2023). "Coady and Guseli help Australia to record medal haul at world championships". 7NEWS. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Smale, Simone (5 March 2023). "Tess Coady's bronze underlines Australia's most successful ever Freestyle World Championships". ABC News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AAP (19 January 2026). "Winter Olympics Australia Team Milano Cortina 2026". espn.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ AAP (10 February 2026). "Australian Tess Coady Awe Leading Snowboard Trio Medallists Winter Olympics". espn.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Olympic Winter Games". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – World Championships". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady X Games Profile". xgames.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Cups". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – Podiums". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2018 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2020 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2021 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2022 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2023 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2024 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2025 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Tess Coady FIS Profile – 2026 World Cup results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
External links
- Tess Coady at FIS (snowboarding)
- Tess Coady at Olympics.com
- Tess Coady at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tess Coady at Olympedia
- Tess Coady at InterSportStats
- Tess Coady at the X Games
- Tess Coady at Milano Cortina 2026