Stanwell Park snowboarder in Winter Olympics team

Matty Cox has achieved his childhood dream, writes Ian Pepper

Matthew Cox, a 23-year-old local from Stanwell Park, has been snowboarding since he was two years old and has now achieved his childhood dream of representing Australia at the Winter Olympics.

Matty received confirmation of his selection in the Australian team on 21 January and was heading from Switzerland to Beijing shortly afterwards.

Beijing 2022 runs from 4-20 February and can be seen on Channel 7 plus.

Matty has qualified in two snowboarding events, Men’s Slopestyle on 6-7th February and Men’s Big Air 14-15th February. Both events are spectacular to watch as the athletes fly over huge jumps at warp speed, twisting and turning multiple times to hopefully land cleanly without stacking.

Matty has been living overseas most of his life, following the snow in Europe, US and New Zealand and has mostly self-funded his entire journey. His best results are 7th in a recent major world slopestyle event in Switzerland and 10th at the 2019 Big Air World Championships.

We wish Matty all the best and will be watching for sure!