Belle Brockhoff
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| Born |
12 January 1993 East Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||
| Residence | Dromana, Victoria | ||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||
| Sport | |||||||
| Country |
 Australia | ||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||
| Event(s) | Cross Women | ||||||
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Belle Brockhoff is an Australian snowboarder, who has represented Australia at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships and the Winter Olympics. She competes in snowboard cross.
She was a competitor in the 2013 FIS women's snowboard cross, and in the 2014 Winter Olympic snowboard cross.[2]
Brockhoff came out as gay in August 2013.[3] She is a supporter and endorser of the Principle 6 campaign, part of the Olympic protests of Russian anti-gay laws, but has pledged to be cautious about how actively she protests while in Sochi due to the risk of arrest.[2]
References
- ↑ "Belle Brockhoff". sochi2014.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Sochi 2014: Gay snowboarder Belle Brockhoff will limit protest". BBC Sport, 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Olympic Hopeful Belle Brockhoff Comes Out Ahead Of Sochi 2014". Out, 22 August 2013.
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