Kelly Clark - Bio

Bio

Kelly Clark trained for competitive snowboarding at Mount Snow Academy in Vermont and graduated in spring 2001. She won a gold medal for women's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics and competed in the halfpipe event again in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Her last run started off in spectacular fashion; however, she missed a landing later in the run and ended up placing fourth behind fellow Americans Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler, as well as Norwegian Kjersti Buaas. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Kelly won a bronze medal in the halfpipe after placing third behind American silver medalist Hannah Teter and Australian Torah Bright.

The TTR World Tour particularly has witnessed her domination first hand. The 2007/2008 season saw Kelly record a staggering eight podium finishes out of 12 contest entries, with five of those as TTR Titles including the 6Star Burton European Open, the 5Star Chevrolet Grand Prix and the 6Star season-ending Roxy Chicken Jam US. The 2008/2009 World Tour, however, would finally see Kelly rise to the head of the ranks, finishing the season as Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion. Over the course of her world travels, from the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open to the legendary 6Star Burton European Open to the prestigious 6Star Burton US Open, Clark bagged a podium finish at every turn.

At the start of the 2004–05 FIS Snowboarding World Cup season, Clark overheard a conversation at a competition in which another competitor was upset and that competitor's friend comforted her. Clark returned to her hotel room and started reading the Bible before seeing the friend of her competitor's wanting to know more about God. Knowing God, according to Clark, freed up her snowboarding and allowed her to enjoy the sport more. She now rides with a sticker on her snowboard proclaiming, "Jesus, I can not hide my love."

Kelly's parents, Terry and Cathy, have their own restaurant in West Dover, Vermont, called TC's. When Kelly was young, she and her family lived in West Dover and for their summers they had a house in Rhode Island. They decided it was too hard, so they permanently stayed and lived in West Dover, Vermont.