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.
The best part about Maui is that I can spend a lot of time outside. My off-season is April, May, and June.
I'm excited to watch slope style and halfpipe. And then, of course, when my events are done, I get to go to hockey, which is always entertaining. I also like figure skating. I think every girl grew up watching figure skating.
I'm excited to race the GS. GS is more an event where you can tell if you're fast or slow.
I had some questions coming in here, that I didn't have very much press before the Olympics and other people were more in the spotlight and I ended up getting a medal. So then you get the publicity after you get the medal.
I'm very positive. My last three races at the World Cup I was on the podium and two of them I lost by a slim margin. I have nothing to worry about. I have all my equipment. Everything is falling in place.
I've got a little bit of Italian in my heart.
We will use this as an opportunity to show the world what we do. We like to show everyone that skiing rocks.
Downhillers are going over 110 miles per hour. But no matter what, you can't hit the fence at 100 miles per hour.
I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium.
The World Cup is sort of what we do. The Olympics are sort of a bonus.
I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking.
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.