- Ross Rebagliati
Ross Rebagliati (born
July 14 ,1971 inVancouver, British Columbia ,Canada ) is a Canadianprofessional snowboarder. He turned pro in1991 . He was the first ever to win an Olympicgold medal for this sport at the1998 Winter Olympics . After winning the gold, he was found to havemarijuana in hiscirculatory system and he was automatically disqualified. This decision was eventually overturned, largely on the basis that marijuana is not listed as aperformance enhancing drug , and Rebagliati was given back the medal.On
August 2 ,2006 Rebagliati filed suit against Canadiantelevision broadcaster CTV. The suit was filed in British Columbia's Supreme Court, and charges CTV with misappropriation of personality, breach of privacy and defamation. Rebagliati claims that a character on their TV series Whistler is based on him and has damaged his image. The character in question, Beck MacKaye, is a blond, blue-eyed, Olympic gold medal-winning snowboarder who lives in Whistler. CTV denied his claims, but the suit was ultimately settled out of court. [ [http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=3130263c-95b1-4f76-9e0a-02d656d11e12&k=86181 Gold-medal snowboarder settles defamation suit with CTV] ]Rebagliati was the subject of full-page coverage in the July 14, 2008 edition of "
Sports Illustrated ", which profiled his life since his Olympic win.References
External links
* [http://www.rossrebagliati.com Ross Rebagliati's Official Website]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/Ross2010/ Ross Rebagliati's Flickr Photos]
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