Alice McKennis

Alice McKennis ( born August 19, 1989 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado) is an American alpine skier. Your strongest disciplines are downhill and super -G.

Biography

McKennis denied in August 2004, her first FIS races, since the winter of 2005/ 06 it starts regularly in the Nor- Am Cup. Next season, she succeeded in a super -G in the first panoramic top-10 results in this race series and in the 2007/ 08 season she drove already five times in the top ten. In February 2008, she participated in the Spanish Formigal first part in a Junior World Championship. She came in all competitions in the standings and reached its best result in ninth place in the downhill.

On 5 December 2008 McKennis started in the departure of Lake Louise for the first time in the World Cup. However, they only reached the 51st place and this season was this their only World Cup race. Shortly thereafter, she succeeded in Nor- Am Cup breakthrough: Within days, she won both season runs and two Super - Gs. In the other Super - Gs they twice reached fourth place and thus won both the downhill and super -G standings, which she received in these disciplines a Fixstartplatz in the World Cup for the next season. At the Junior World Championships 2009 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen missed it as fourth in the downhill a medal by only two hundredths of a second.

In early December 2009, McKennis first time in the World Cup points. In the first downhill of the season 2009/10 in Lake Louise drove to 18th place with start number 49. The next day they reached number ten in the second exit their first top-10 result. She started at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the downhill, but was disqualified. On January 2, 2011 McKennis suffered in the Super- G training in Saalbach -Hinterglemm a fraction of the shin - Plateus. The season 2010/11 was therefore terminated prematurely for them. In her comeback at the start of the 2011/12 season McKennis reached number eight in the first departure from Lake Louise to her best World Cup result so far. This result could improve end of the season in Schladming finished seventh in the downhill on.

In the 2012/13 season McKennis first reached another top 10 place in eighth departure from Val d' Isere before she celebrated her first World Cup victory in the departure of St. Anton on 12 January 2013. Just two months later, the season was ended prematurely after she fell on March 2 in the departure of Garmisch -Partenkirchen and thereby drew upon a broken right shin bone for them.

Achievements

World Championships

  • Schladming 2013: 17 Departure

Junior World Championships

  • Formigal 2008: 9 exit 13 combination, 19, Super -G, Giant Slalom 49th, 52nd slalom
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 4th exit 12 Super -G, Giant Slalom 39

World Cup

  • Season 2012/13: 10 Downhill World Cup
  • 7 placings in the top ten, including one victory:

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2008/ 09: 4th overall, 1st exit, first Super -G
  • 5 podiums, including 4 victories:

Other successes

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