Berenice Wicki is a snowboarder from Switzerland. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Women’s Halfpipe.
She had also competed at the 2017-2018 FIS Freestyle Ski Worldcup, 2018-2019 FIS Freestyle Ski Worldcup, 2019-2020 FIS Freestyle Worldcup, and 2020-2021 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.
She was ranked 6th in the 2016 FIS event in Grindelwald and 26th in the World Cup in Copper.
Berenice followed in the footsteps of her brother and started snowboarding. Halfpipe is her favorite discipline because of the smooth feeling of flying and riding the transition. It looks so easy but is very hard, even to get the coping.
In 2017, she was a Junior World Champion and won a bronze at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Olympics. She was also the 2021 Swiss Champion.
Berenice Wicki Parents: Who Are They?
Jodok Wicki and Andrea Wicki are the parents of Berenice. Her father is a Swiss sailor who had competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was a 1985 World Champion.
Her mother, Andrea, is a three-time bronze medalist at the European Championship for Young Riders and Swiss Championship bronze medalist.
Berenice was born on 24 September 2002 and is currently 19 years old. She was born in Wettingen, Switzerland.
Berenice Wicki Height And Weight
The height of Berenice is 5 feet 28 inches. The weight of the athlete is not available.
The snowboarder is very competitive and ambitious. She has the ambition to win the Olympics and X Games. She got her training from SaasFee, Switzerland.
Her influence in becoming an athlete is her family, as they are all athletes. Her philosophy in life is to be always motivated and make the best of every situation and enjoy every moment even if it seems hard sometimes.
Berenice Wicki Boyfriend: Who Is He?
Berenice does not have a boyfriend. There is no information on her dating life.
She is a young athlete and is focusing on her career as a snowboarder. The 2022 Winter Olympics is her first Olympics Games and probably the best run of her career as she ranked 7th.
The athlete shed some tears and released the pressure with her friends from the Swiss Snowboard team who came there to encourage her.
She is happy about the result and has no regrets. The Chinese star Eileen Gu and the FIS General Secretary Michel Vion praised her and said she had an excellent first pass.
The 19-year-old athlete managed to tackle her first run and scored 76.25 points. Such results have motivated her and now aim for medals at the next Olympic Games.