Picabo Street
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s Alpine Skiing | |||
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Downhill | |
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | Super-G | |
Picabo Street (born April 3, 1971 in Triumph, Idaho) is an American skier, now retired and living in Portland, Oregon. She was raised on a small farm in Triumph, several miles southeast of Sun Valley, where she learned to ski and race.
She first joined the United States Ski Team in 1989, at the age of 17. She has written an autobiography entitled Nothing to Hide (ISBN 0-07-140693-X). She appeared on the TV show Nickelodeon GUTS in 1994 .
Her given name was chosen by her because she had to leave the county at an age of three. Her parents wanted her to choose her own name and because she liked the game Peek-a-boo, she choose Picabo.
She primarily competed in the speed events of Downhill and Super G.
After her silver medal performance in the downhill at the 1994 Winter Olympics, a run was named after her at Sun Valley. On the Warm Springs side of Bald Mountain, the expert run formerly known as "Plaza" became "Picabo's Street." Street joined Christin Cooper and Gretchen Fraser as Sun Valley Olympic medalists. (Their named runs are on Seattle Ridge.)
She retired after the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah with nine career victories.
[edit] Career highlights
- 1993 World Championships in Morioka, Japan: Silver Medal in Combined.
- 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway: Silver Medal in Downhill.
- 1995 World Cup Champion in Downhill: First American ever to win the season long title.
- 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain: Gold Medal in Downhill and Bronze Medal in Super G.
- 1996 World Cup Champion in Downhill.
- 1998 Winter Olympics: Gold medal in Super G.
- Nine World Cup victories.
- Inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2005.
- Has appeared on Celebrity Paranormal Project
[edit] External Links
- U.S. Olympic Team.com - bio for Picabo Street - w/ photos, video
- FIS-ski.com - results - Picabo Street
- Ski-db.com - results - Picabo Street
- Picabo I.C.U.
| Olympic champions in men's Super-G |
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| 1988: Sigrid Wolf | 1992: Deborah Compagnoni | 1994: Diann Roffe | 1998: Picabo Street | 2002: Daniela Ceccarelli | 2006: Michaela Dorfmeister |
| World Champions in Women's Downhill |
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| 1931: Esme MacKinnon | 1932: Paula Wiesinger | 1933: Inge Wertsin-Lantschner | 1934: Anny Rüegg | 1935: Christl Cranz | 1936: Evelyn Pinching | 1937: Christl Cranz | 1938: Lisa Resch | 1939: Christl Cranz | 1948: Hedy Schlunegger | 1950: Trude Jochum-Beiser | 1952: Trude Jochum-Beiser | 1954: Ida Schöpfer | 1956: Madeleine Berthod | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Heidi Biebl | 1962: Christl Haas | 1964: Christl Haas | 1966: Erika Schinegger | 1968: Olga Pall | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1978: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1980: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1982: Gerry Sorensen | 1985: Michela Figini | 1987: Maria Walliser | 1989: Maria Walliser | 1991: Petra Kronberger | 1993: Kate Pace | 1996: Picabo Street | 1997: Hilary Lindh | 1999: Renate Götschl | 2001: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2003: Melanie Turgeon | 2005: Janica Kostelić |
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