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
I was ready to give my best and not hold back just because I couldn't see.
He was bummed about not getting a medal, but I think he was more bummed about not getting recognition for doing his best because he went out there and really skied his best.
My best event is Super-G. I'm competitive in all my events, but Super-G has been most consistent for me.
The best part about Maui is that I can spend a lot of time outside. My off-season is April, May, and June.
For me, it makes me focus on each race singularly. It's not so much tactics. You just have to go out there and have your best slalom race, because that's the only place you can win or lose the combined. It's hard to take risks in the downhill.
We will use this as an opportunity to show the world what we do. We like to show everyone that skiing rocks.
We like to be fun, we like to keep it light. It was more like a fun thing than a ritual.
I got my first Olympic race out of the way with the downhill, so my nerves aren't anything compared to that.
I don't know whether we're really going to sell the documentary or whether anybody will buy it. I think she's just doing it for fun.
I was freaking out, it was so tough.
I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking.
We always are training in bad weather and I grew up skiing in powder.
It felt like home, so I dug into my roots and trusted myself. It was just another day on a stormy race course.
Just another day on a stormy race course. That sort of helped me take the pressure.