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Snowboarding is an Olympic winter sport that is practised on a large scale not only in countries of the global north such as the United States, Canada and European countries but has also triumphed in the global south such as Chile and Argentina. Thus, Latin snowboarders have gained much recognition and fame thanks to the fact that they have managed to participate in renowned events in this discipline.
For all these reasons, JefeBet has selected the list of the 5 most famous Latin / Hispanic snowboarders of all time that you should know. Check it out below!
Famous Hispanic / Latino Snowboarders | Top 5
Steven Williams
Steven Williams is an Argentine snowboarder born in San Martín de Los Andes, where he learned to ski and got to know winter sports in depth. He is a very well-known sportsman due to the large number of tournaments and awards he has to his credit.
Among the awards he has won at the international level are three Argentine championships and a European Cup, as well as seven times South American champion. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he reached the round of 16. He is a top athlete and the first Argentine to compete in the snowboard cross-category.
Queralt Castellet
Queralt Castellet is another of the most famous Hispanic snowboarders. She is Spanish and has won a large number of medals. In 2015 he participated in the World Championships and Winter Universiade, where she won a silver medal in each in the halfpipe category.
Moreover, in 2020 she won the gold medal at the Winter X Games and in 2022 she was crowned an Olympic medalist with a silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Spaniard in 30 years to win a medal for Spain at these Olympic Games.
Matías Schmitt
On the other hand, Matias Schmitt is an Argentine snowboarder who has been competing since 2013. He has been in a wide range of national and international tournaments that have allowed him to gain worldwide recognition.
Among his greatest results are having been the Argentine slopestyle champion in 2015 and having participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. He was the first Hispanic American to compete in these games and reached 24th place on the overall podium.
Astrid Fina
Astrid Fina is one of the most famous snowboarding athletes of all time: she is a Paralympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross-category.
The Spaniard had to have her foot amputated in 2009 as a result of a traffic accident and since then she started snowboarding. Additionally, in 2015 she was the world champion and won gold at the Spanish championship.
Antonia Yáñez
Finally, Antonia Yáñez is a Chilean athlete who competes in the categories of big air, boardercross and slopestyle. At only 23 years old, she has won more than 8 gold medals in national events and the same in international events.
She is an athlete whose career is worth following closely, as she promises a lot and her level is increasing in an incredible way. She joins the other athletes we have mentioned to be among the most recognized.
