Callan Chythlook-Sifsof

Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (born February 14, 1989) is an American snowboarder who has competed in snowboard cross since 2005. In 2006, she was invited to her first Winter X Games competition and won a silver medal in 2011. She won the U.S. National Championships in Tamarack, Idaho in 2007. In 2008, she won the Jeep King of the Mountain World snowboard series in Sun Valley.[1] Her best World Cup finishes were 3rd place in Furano, Japan in 2006 and 2nd place in Arosa, Switzerland in 2011.[2][3]

Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
Chythlook-Sifsof in 2012
Personal information
BornFebruary 14, 1989 (1989-02-14) (age 34)
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Sport
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing the  United States
Winter X Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Aspen Snowboard Cross

It was announced on January 26, 2010, that Chythlook-Sifsof made the 2010 U.S. Winter Olympic Team. She placed 21st in the qualifying round of women's snowboard cross and did not advance.[4]

In February 2014, during the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, for which she did not qualify, Chythlook-Sifsof came out publicly as gay, saying she did so in support of ongoing protests of Russia's anti-LGBTQ laws.[5] She stated "it's important to come out and take a stand and show the world that it's not OK to be a bigot."[5]

In 2022, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) alleged that U.S. Ski & Snowboard had been interfering with a United States Center for SafeSport investigation into charges by three former American athletes and a former U.S. Ski & Snowboard employee against head coach Peter Foley, who coached the U.S. Snowboard team from 1994 to 2022.[6][7][8][9][10] U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt pushed back on the claims the organization had interfered in the probe.[6][7][8][9][10] After former snowboardcross Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof accused Foley of sexually and racially inappropriate remarks in Instagram posts, and others accused Foley of sexual misconduct, he was temporarily suspended by SafeSport, and then dismissed by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.[6][7][8][9][10] By August 2022, at least five women had made reports to SafeSport regarding Foley's behavior.[11]

References
  1. "2007–08 Annual Report" (PDF). www.usskiandsnowboard.org. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. "Miller Tweaks Knee, Cutting Short Worlds". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. Williams, Van (September 30, 2011). "Chythlook-Sifsof concludes 'phenomenal season'". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. "Callan Chythlook-Sifsof Embracing New Role As Para Snowboard Coach". www.teamusa.org. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. U.S. SNOWBOARDER CALLAN CHYTHLOOK-SIFSOF: I'M GAY
  6. Sederquist, Ryan. "SafeSport case involving longtime U.S. snowboard coach intensifies". www.vaildaily.com.
  7. "Snowboard coach accused of sexual assault". ESPN. March 22, 2022.
  8. Axon, Rachel. "U.S. Ski & Snowboard president defends federation against charges it interfered in Foley probe". USA Today.
  9. "Sources: U.S. snowboard accused of interference". ESPN. March 24, 2022.
  10. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_us.skisnowboardsafesportinvestigation.pdf
  11. "Two more U.S. Ski and Snowboard officials out". ESPN.com. August 26, 2022.


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