Torah Bright

Torah Jane Bright (born 27 December 1986) is an Australian former professional snowboarder. She is Australia's second most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, three time US Open winner, two time Global Open Champion, three time World Superpipe Champion, former TTR World Champion and recipient of the Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards. In 2014 Bright became the first Olympic athlete (male or female) to qualify for all three snowboarding disciplines; halfpipe, slopestyle and boarder-cross.

Early life Bright was born in Cooma, New South Wales on 27 December 1986, to parents Peter and Marion Bright; she is the fourth of five siblings. Her parents named her "Torah" after her sister Rowena learned from her Jewish piano teacher that the name referred to the Jewish name for the first five books of the Tanakh and meant "bearer of a great spiritual message" and suggested the name for her new sister.

Bright grew up in Cooma, New South Wales and attended Cooma North Public School at the base of the Snowy Mountains. She started out as a downhill ski racer.

Bright's brother, Ben, is also a professional snowboarder and was her coach.

In 2010, at the Winter Olympics at Vancouver, Bright was chosen to carry the flag for Australia at the opening ceremonies, and qualified for the no. 1 spot for the final of the women's halfpipe, despite suffering two concussions beforehand in training. Crashing out in her first run in the final, Bright was the first competitor to make a second run. With a successful second run, she posted a score of 45.0, which remained the highest score through the field's second run. Bright became the fourth Australian to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.

In 2013 at the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado, Bright came in fourth in the superpipe behind medalists Kelly Clark, Elena Hight, and Arielle Gold.

In 2014 at the Winter Olympics at Sochi, having entered an unprecedented triple of slopestyle, halfpipe, and boarder-cross, Bright finished 7th in the inaugural women's slopestyle final and went on to win silver with a score of 91.50 in the women's halfpipe. This was Australia's first medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The medal also saw Bright surpass Alisa Camplin to become Australia's most successful female Winter Olympics athlete.

Bright was a participant in the fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.

In 2020 Bright appeared in the documentary film Out of Bounds, snowboarding some of the most extreme reaches of the planet: "I came out of the journey totally inspired by nature and people. There are so many people who do care and are doing their part to create awareness and change. There is a shift in consciousness and it's a beautiful thing to witness."

Bright rarely entered competition after the 2014 Olympics, and suffered a wrist fracture after returning to competition 2 months before the 2018 Olympics. She officially announced her retirement from competition in January 2020.

In 2025, she was inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame as athlete member. Endorsements Bright has a lifelong sponsorship with Rhythm Snowsports, located in her home town Cooma. She also has a head-to-toe sponsorship with Roxy, the female-specific brand of action-sports company Quiksilver. For the 2008–09 season, she worked to expand her career into design, working on a new addition to the Roxy's women's line, dubbed the "Bright Series," which includes her snowboard, the Roxy Eminence. Her other sponsors include Subway and Boost Mobile.

Year Age Halfpipe Slopestyle Snowboard cross 2006 Turin 19 5 – – 2010 Vancouver 23 1 – – 2014 Sochi 27 2 7 18

World Championships

Year Age Halfpipe Slopestyle Snowboard cross 2005 Whistler 18 30 – – 2013 Stoneham 26 – 3 – 2015 Kreischberg 28 6 – –

World Cup results by season

Season Halfpipe Slopestyle Snowboard cross Overall Events Wins Podiums Points Rank Events Wins Podiums Points Rank Events Wins Podiums Points Rank Points Rank 2004 5 1 4 3,700 – – 2005 2 0 2 1,200 15 – – 2009 2 0 0 800 26 – – 800 76 2010 1 1 1 1,000 16 – – 1,000 56 2013 3 1 1 1,650 7 1 0 0 – – 4 0 0 300 29 1650 7 2014 1 0 0 – – 2 0 0 410 24 2 0 0 710 18 410 49 2018 2 0 0 480 22 – – 480 60 Total 15 3 8 – – 3 0 0 – – 6 0 0 – – – –