Emily Arthur

Fast Facts

Sport: Snowboard
Event: Women's Halfpipe
Olympic History: PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022
Highlights: Olympic finals at PyeongChang 2018
Coach: Josh Arthur
Year Born: 1999
State Born: NSW

About Emily

Emily Arthur first jumped on a snowboard as a six-year-old, wanting to be just like her father and brother who were also keen snowboarders. A natural talent for the sport, Emily made her World Cup debut in August 2013 at Cardrona, New Zealand.

After claiming bronze at the 2014 Junior World Championships, Emily went on to make her World Snowboard Championship debut in 2015 where she finished 16th overall.

Emily had her first taste of Olympic glory at the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games, where she was named the Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer. At 16 years-old, Emily claimed silver in the women’s snowboard halfpipe and 14th in slopestyle.

The following year, she claimed her first top-10 finish at a Pyeongchang Olympic test event in February 2017. Emily went on to compete in her second World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain where she placed 17th.

Leading into the 2018 Winter Olympics, Emily recorded a career-best sixth place finish at the Secret Garden World Cup in December 2017.

Then as an 18-year-old Emily made her Olympic debut in Pyeongchang where she was the best placed Australian female in snowboard halfpipe. After advancing to the 12-rider final in 8th place, Emily unfortunately couldn’t quite land the run she was aiming to do and finished her debut in 11th place.

She racked up multiple top-15 performances throughout the 2019 season. In early 2021, the then 22-year-old recorded her best World Championship result to date with a 10th place finish in Aspen, Colorado.

At Beijing 2022 Emily put down a solid first run of 62.50 to see her right on the cusp of the final 12 after the completion of the first round.

Despite the positive start she was unable to stick one of her landings on the second run, scoring 19.75 and finishing 14th overall.