title: Margaux Hackett
text: # Margaux Hackett
  
  Margaux Hackett (born 2 June 1999) is a New Zealand freestyle skier who competes internationally. She represented New Zealand in the slopestyle and big air events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Hackett was born and raised in Annecy, France, to a New Zealand father, adventure tourism entrepreneur A. J. Hackett, and a French mother. She learnt to ski when she was four years old and, as a child, joined an alpine ski club in the French Alps.
  
  Hackett is based in Wānaka during the New Zealand winter and Manigod, France, during the Northern Hemisphere winter. She is coached by Snow Sports New Zealand high-performance freeski coach Hamish McDougall.
  
  