Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
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| Born | February 14, 1989 (age 37) Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (born February 14, 1989) is an American Olympic snowboarder who has competed in snowboard cross since 2005. She is a Yupik/Inupiaq. She is the first native of Alaska to compete in the Olympics.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Early life
[edit | edit source]Chythlook-Sifsof grew up in Aleknagik (a rural fishing village of about 300 people, on the coast of the Bering Sea) and Dillingham, Alaska; she moved with her mother to Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska to be closer to the Alyeska Resort.[1][2][3] She is a Yupik/Inupiaq Eskimo.[4]
2006–14
[edit | edit source]In 2006, she was invited to her first Winter X Games competition and won a silver medal in 2011.[5] She won the U.S. National Championships in Tamarack, Idaho, in 2007.[4] In 2008, she won the Jeep King of the Mountain World snowboard series in Sun Valley, Idaho.[6] Her best World Cup finishes were 3rd place in Furano, Japan, in 2006, and 2nd place in Arosa, Switzerland, in 2011.[7][8] She did not compete in 2009 due to a knee injury.[4][3]
It was announced on January 26, 2010, that Chythlook-Sifsof made the 2010 U.S. Winter Olympic Team. She placed 21st in the qualifying round of women's snowboard cross, and did not advance.[9][10] It was the first time a native of Alaska competed in the Olympics.[3]
In 2012, she had two top-ten World Cup finishes, but then suffered a knee injury that sidelined her for the rest of the season.[4] In 2014, she retired from snowboarding after three back-to-back knee surgeries, and then injuring her knee again.[1]
In February 2014, during the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, for which she did not qualify, Chythlook-Sifsof came out publicly as gay, saying she did so in support of ongoing protests of Russia's anti-LGBTQ laws.[11] She stated "it's important to come out and take a stand and show the world that it's not OK to be a bigot."[11]
2015–present
[edit | edit source]In February 2022, Chythlook-Sifsof made posts on Instagram during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics accusing Peter Foley, who coached the U.S. Snowboard team from 1994 to 2022, of sexual misconduct.[12][13][14][15][16] She wrote, "I cannot watch another Olympic Games without saying this publicly."[17][18] Foley denied the allegations.[14][15][1] USSS immediately implemented an "athlete safety plan" that prohibited Foley from having "one-on-one interaction with female athletes," and from going into an athlete village.[15][16] He was placed on leave by USSS on February 21, temporarily suspended by SafeSport, and then dismissed by USSS on March 20, 2022.[19][20][15][21][16] By August 2022, at least five women had made reports to SafeSport regarding Foley's behavior.[22]
On August 8, 2023, after an 18-month investigation, SafeSport suspended Foley for ten years for sexual misconduct.[23][24][25]
Awards
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof at the International Ski and Snowboard FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof at U.S. Snowboarding
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- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (archived)
- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof at the X Games (archived)
- Official website [dead link]
- 1989 births
- 21st-century Alaska Native people
- 21st-century Alaska Native women
- American female snowboarders
- American lesbian sportswomen
- Inupiat people
- Native American LGBTQ people
- LGBTQ people from Alaska
- LGBTQ snowboarders
- Living people
- Native American sportswomen
- Olympic snowboarders for the United States
- People from Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska
- Yupik people
- X Games competitors
- 2014 Winter Olympics
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Yupik women
- Inupiat women
- 21st-century Inuit people
- 21st-century Inuit women
- Alaska Native people