Scotty James trains in Kitzsteinhorn, Austria, on November 14, 2022.
Scotty James poses for a portrait at the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas Fee, Switzerland on 30 September, 2021.

Scotty
James

Australia

Australia

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Snowboarding

The youngest Australian to ever compete at the Winter Games, Australian snowboarder Scotty James has dominated the halfpipe event for more than a decade.

Date of birth

7 June 1994

Place of birth

Melbourne, Australia

Age

29

Nationality

Australia

Australia

Career start

2010

Disciplines

Snowboard Halfpipe

It's not often that you hear of Australians being into winter sports, but Scotty James is one of the few. In fact, in 2010, he became the youngest athlete to compete at the Winter Games in more than 50 years.

So how did the rider from Melbourne pull it off? Snowboarding from the age of three definitely helped. They don’t even make snowboards small enough for three-year-olds, but when his dad saw a mini toy snowboard in a shop window, he bought it. Little did the shop owner realise that the 80cm board would be a stepping stone for Scotty to achieve so much in the sport.