Utah adaptive snowboarders take first and second in Austria

Para alpine snowboarding Photo: International Paralympic Committee

AUSTRIA — Brenna Huckaby, two-time PyeongChang Paralympic gold medalist, took first place in her snowboarding race on December 18 in Austria and Brittani Coury, PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic silver medalist, came in second in her race at the third para snowboard world cup of the year in Hochfuegen, Austria.

Huckaby, a lower limb amputee, graduated from Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, and Coury, a registered nurse, and a below-the-knee (BK) amputee is from Colorado.

They both compete in the discipline of para-alpine snowboarding in banked slalom and boardercross representing Team Utah Snowboarding.