Kokomo Murase (Japanese: 村瀬心椛; born 7 November 2004) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle and big air events. She competed in the women's slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1] She also won the overall title in the slopestyle and freestyle at the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup.

Kokomo Murase
Personal information
Born (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 20)
Gifu, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air
Medal record
Women's Snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Big air
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Norway Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2019 Norway Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aspen Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2020 Norway Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Aspen Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2024 Aspen Knuckle Huck
Silver medal – second place 2024 Aspen Slopestyle

Career

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Murase's gold medal win in Big Air at the 2018 Winter X Games in Norway made her the youngest athlete to win gold in big air at the Winter X Games.[2][3]

Major results

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Olympic Games

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Event Slopestyle Big Air
2022 Beijing 10th Bronze

World Championships

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Event Slopestyle Big Air
2021 Aspen 5th 6th

World Cup

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Season Freestyle overall Slopestyle Big Air
Points Position Points Position Points Position
2019–20 1470 23rd 220 29th 1250 7th
2020–21 246 2nd 166 2nd 80 2nd
2021–22 456 1st 320 1st 136 2nd
2022–23 211 9th 29 4th 182 2nd
2023–24 425 1st 225 1st 200 4th

World cup podiums

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Season Date Location Discipline Place
2019–20 20 December 2019 Atlanta, United States Big Air 2nd
2020–21 9 January 2021 Kreischberg, Austria Big Air 2nd
28 March 2021 Silvaplana, Switzerland Slopestyle 2nd
2021–22 23 October 2021 Chur, Switzerland Big Air 1st
1 January 2022 Calgary, Canada Slopestyle 1st
8 January 2022 Mammoth Mountain, United States Slopestyle 3rd
19 March 2022 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slopestyle 1st
27 March 2022 Silvaplana, Switzerland Slopestyle 3rd
2022–23 14 January 2023 Kreischberg, Austria Big Air 3rd
2023–24 21 October 2023 Chur, Switzerland Big Air 1st
15 December 2023 Copper Mountain, United States Big Air 1st
15 March 2024 Tignes, France Slopestyle 1st
23 March 2024 Silvaplana, Switzerland Slopestyle 2nd
2024–25 2 September 2024 Cardrona, New Zealand Slopestyle 1st

References

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  1. ^ "Kokomo Murase". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Nick (19 May 2018). "13-year-old Kokomo Murase makes history by winning X Games gold". For The Win. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ Clavin, Mark (20 May 2018). "Youngest X Games Big Air Competitor Ever Wins Gold—13-Year-Old Kokomo Murase". Snowboarder. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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