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	==Personal==		==Personal==
	Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle',<ref name=nbcbio>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/bio/index.html</ref> Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=dateofbirth>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/index.html</ref>		Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle',<ref name=nbcbio>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/bio/index.html</ref> Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=dateofbirth>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/index.html</ref> She is from Mt Buller area,<ref name=24yaars/> and lived in ] and Prahran, Victoria in 2010.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=anotherlocation>http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html</ref> At {{convert\|1.65\|m}} tall and weighing {{convert\|60\|kg}},<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=ehight>http://asia.eurosport.com/snowboard/stephanie-hickey_prs46078/person.shtml</ref> she only speaks English.<ref name=nbcbio/>


	She only speaks English.<ref name=nbcbio/>

	She attended ], where she studied theater arts.<ref name=nbcbio/>

	She is from Mt Buller area,<ref name=24yaars/> and lived in ] and Prahran, Victoria in 2010.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=anotherlocation>http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html</ref>

	She is {{convert\|1.65\|m}} and weighs {{convert\|60\|kg}}.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=ehight>http://asia.eurosport.com/snowboard/stephanie-hickey_prs46078/person.shtml</ref>

⚫	She worked for the ] as a Victorian snow reporter in 2006 and 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/> In 2007, she served as a live presenter for ''Going Ballistyx''.<ref name=tops1ixten/>

	She started working as a MC for east coast for the Billabong Girls Get Out There surf events in 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/>



		⚫	Hickey attended ], where she studied theater arts.<ref name=nbcbio/> She worked for the ] as a Victorian snow reporter in 2006 and 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/> In 2007, she served as a live presenter for ''Going Ballistyx''.<ref name=tops1ixten/> She started working as a MC for east coast for the'' Billabong Girls Get Out There'' surf events in 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/>

	==Snowboarding==		==Snowboarding==

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Stephanie Hickey
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39) Melbourne, Victoria
Height	165 cm (65 in) (2010)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb) (2010)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Skiing
Club	Mount Buller
Coached by	Lukas Prem
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2010 Winter Olympics

Stephanie Hickey (born 3 July 1985)

Personal

Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle', Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria. She is from Mt Buller area, and lived in Brighton, Victoria and Prahran, Victoria in 2010. At 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) tall and weighing 60 kilograms (130 lb), she only speaks English.

Hickey attended Victoria College of the Arts, where she studied theater arts. She worked for the Seven Network as a Victorian snow reporter in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, she served as a live presenter for Going Ballistyx. She started working as a MC for east coast for the Billabong Girls Get Out There surf events in 2007.

Snowboarding

Hickey is a snowboard slalom and snowboard cross competition, who has been affiliated with the Victorian Institute of Sport and coached by Lukas Prem. While snowboarding, she has injured herself several times, including September 2008 crash that dislocated five ribs, January 2009 tear of her medial collateral ligament while competing in Austria, and a 2010 concussion and memory loss following a crash.

Hickey began competitive snowboarding when she was sixteen years old in the snowboard slalom, where she competed in Australia's domestic season. She competed at the New Zealand Open, where she made the semi-finals. She competed at the 2003 World Snowboard Championships in the snowboard slalom and snowboard cross events. This competition was her first international one. In 2005, she competed at the USASA Junior Nationals, and participated in a training camp at Copper Mountain in the lead up to the event. She competed at the 2006 and 2008 Australian National Championship in snowboard cross, and at an event in September 2008 in Argentina. Competing at the Chapelco, Argentina hosted Snowboarding World Cup in the 2008/09 skiing season, she finished fourteenth. That was her best ever World Cup event finish as of February 2010. She competed at an event in Bad Gasten, Austria in January 2009. During the 2009 World Cup season, as qualified as a top 16 competitor. That year, she also competed at the Australian and New Zealand Championship. Competing at the Chapelco, Argentina hosted Snowboarding World Cup in 2009, she finished fifteenth. She competed in three other World Cup events in the 2009/10 skiing season. A top thirty finish qualified her for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Hickey was 24 years old at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her place the Olympics was confirmed in late January 2010. In her first snowboard cross race, she had a time of 1min 35.26sec. She did not qualify for the finals after she fell during her second race and finished in 18th position overall in the qualifying round. Only the top 16 snowboarders advanced to the finals.

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