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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Cowansville, Quebec |
6 June 1994 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Bromont, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maxence "Max" Parrot (born June 6, 1994) is a Canadian snowboarder who is a three-time X Games champion. He represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Parrot was born and raised near the Bromont ski area in Québec. He began skiing at age 2 and discovered snowboarding at age 9. His father, Alain Parrot, was an alpine ski racer national hopeful and Canadian waterski champion.
Parrot has made snowboarding history four times. In 2013 he laid down the first Backside Triple Cork ever seen in an X Games Sloplestyle event. In 2014, Parrot was the first to land consecutive Triple jumps in a Slopestyle run at the X Games. In April 2015, Parrot performed the very first Cab Quadruple Underflip 1620. In January 2016, he brought the Cab 1800 Triple Cork into competition at X Games in Aspen, earning him his second Big Air gold medal.
He competes in slopestyle and represented Canada in this event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Parrot has won a gold and silver medal each in both slopestyle and the big air events at the Winter X Games.