Stephanie Jallen

Stephanie Jallen
Personal information
Nickname(s) Hopper[1]
Nationality American
Born 13 February 1996
Kingston, Pennsylvania
Residence Harding, Pennsylvania
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Website www.stephaniejallen.org
Updated on 12 March 2014.

Stephanie Jallen (born 13 February 1996), nicknamed Hopper, is an American skier. She qualified for the 2014 Winter Paralympics competing for Team USA and won a bronze in the standing Super-G and Super combined.

Personal history

Stephanie Jallen was born on 13 February 1996 in Kingston, Pennsylvania.[1] Jallen was born with CHILD syndrome, Congenital Hemidysplasia with Ichthyosis and Limb Defects Syndrome.[1] This meant that Jallen's left leg had to be amputated, her left side is under-developed, and she suffers from rashes.[1] Her nickname, Hopper, comes from the fact that when her prosthetic limbs weren't being worn, she had to hop.[3] Jallen has always been active and learned to play soccer with her friends. She does have a crutch but she uses it mainly for balance and is happy to stand or move around on her leg. In an interview she said that she would not want to have her limbs back to normal as that would just make her "boring".[3]

Career

Jallen was introduced to skiing at a 2006 winter ski clinic in Pennsylvania.[2] Her international debut was in 2011.[2] In that year, she was the US slalom champion after coming first in the event.[4]

She has encouraged Iraq war amputees and when she was eleven in 2007 she spoke at Harrisburg to the Pennsylvania senate and told them not to give up.[3]

In 2012, she "lacerated" her face in Kimberley, British Columbia in a Super-G event. The resulting wound needed twelve facial stitches. She also fractured her tibia plateau and partly tore a knee ligament.[5][6]

Paralympics

At her début Paralympics, the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Jallen competed for Team USA in three events: the Super-G, the slalom, and the super combined (Jallen is competing in standing in all events).[2] She was the second-youngest member of the national team.[7] She came third in the Super-G, finishing 5.94 seconds behind Marie Bochet; also finishing behind Solène Jambaqué, both of France.[8] Jallen came third in the super combined[5] with a time of 1:25.15 seconds, 4.74 seconds behind Bochet, who won.[5][9] However, Jallen did not finish the slalom[10] and fell in the giant slalom.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "About Me...". Stephanie Jallen. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Jallen Stephanie". IPC. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "World class in many ways, and only 17". The Sunday Dispatch. January 25, 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Waterville Valley, NH. US Nationals!". Stephanie Jallen. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Stephanie Jallen". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Stephanie Jallen - Alpine". Adaptive Spirit. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Magda, Kyle (4 March 2014). "Conquering the world". The Times Leader. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Women's Super-G - Standing". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jallen eyes 2nd medal at Paralympics". Citizen's voice. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stephanie Jallen". Team USA. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Reeser, Jim (16 March 2014). "Jallen unable to complete giant slalom". Citizen's Voice. Retrieved 22 March 2014.