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maëlle olympic medal ceremony . ricker receives her gold medal at the 2010 -lsb- http://www.maellericker.ca/ www.maellericker.ca / -rsb- # 99bdcc north vancouver , british columbia 63 kg lb st on 1.70 m ftin on snowboard cross 2007 -- 08 overall 2 december 1978 yes maëlle ricker celebrates gold medal.jpg maëlle ricker
 maëlle ricker
maëlle ricker

maëlle danica ricker -lrb- ; born december 2 , 1978 -rrb- is a canadian snowboarder , specialising in snowboard cross .
she won an olympic gold medal at the 2010 vancouver games .
born in north vancouver , british columbia , she resides in squamish , british columbia .
in winning the gold medal in the snowboard cross event at the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver , she became the first canadian woman to win a gold medal on home soil at the olympics .
she is also the 2013 world champion and two-time winter x games champion -lrb- 1999 , 2006 -rrb- .
