Julia Mancuso
Julia Mancuso
Julia Marie Mancusois an American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and was the silver medalist in both downhill and combined in 2010, and the bronze medalist in the combined in 2014. She has also won five medalsat the World Championships and seven races in regular World Cup competition. Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth9 March 1984
CityReno, NV
CountryUnited States of America
They are not convinced I'm American; they think I'm Italian.
Because it was bad weather it made it seem less like the Olympics because you always dream of the Olympics as just the perfect race.
It felt like home, so I dug into my roots and trusted myself. It was just another day on a stormy race course.
I got my first Olympic race out of the way with the downhill, so my nerves aren't anything compared to that.
I can see it's going to take a really good run to get on the podium. The girls are racing so well. I'm really going to have to take my tucks well.
I'm excited to race the GS. GS is more an event where you can tell if you're fast or slow.
We had high expectations. Everyone wants to shoot for the moon. You'll end up in the stars, anyway.
We will use this as an opportunity to show the world what we do. We like to show everyone that skiing rocks.
When I travel, I always have about 40 pairs of skis with me, plus a ski technician and a ski coach.
We like to be fun, we like to keep it light. It was more like a fun thing than a ritual.
We always are training in bad weather and I grew up skiing in powder.
It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote skiing and show everyone it's not just about competition. It's about having fun with your friends in the snow. I want to bring people with less opportunities to the snow, try to use my gold medal to support programs to bring more people to the snow.
To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.
I come to Maui and go surfing, standup paddling, slacklining, swimming, and free-diving.