Megan McJames

Megan McJames (* September 24, 1987 in Park City, Utah) is an American alpine skier. Your strongest discipline of giant slalom.

Biography

McJames was already at the age of two years on skis, in Alta, where her parents worked as a ski instructor. FIS races she contested from December 2002. A year later, the first missions in the Continental Cup Nor- Am Cup. In the season 2005/ 06 they won in the Nor- Am Cup three races and drove three more times on the podium. Thus they secured the victory in the overall standings and in the Super - G and giant slalom standings.

At her first World Cup race in November 2006, she resigned. On January 21, 2007, she became the 28th of the giant slalom in Cortina d' Ampezzo first World Cup points. In the 2007 /08 season she was again the first giant slalom standings of the Nor -Am Cup. McJames ' best result so far in the World Cup is a 14th place, scored 25 October 2008 the giant slalom in Soelden. In 2009 she took part in the giant slalom at the World Championships in Val d'Isere, but retired in the first round of. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 she was ranked 32 in the giant slalom, but did not this time in the slalom to the finish. At the World Championships 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, she was 29 in the slalom and 34th in giant slalom. Shortly after the World Cup but the 2010/11 season was for them to end, after she had broken his left heel bone in her home town of Park City in free skiing.

In the season 2011/12 McJames won for the third time the giant slalom rating in the north - Am Cup, but they came in the World Cup in the same winter once only used after they had won in January 2010 to date, their last World Cup points. In winter 2012/13 McJames took part without success to two World Cup races. In the Nor- Am Cup, however, she decided the overall standings and the combined score for themselves.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Vancouver 2010: 32 Giant Slalom
  • Sochi 2014: 30 Giant Slalom

World Championships

  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 29 Slalom, Giant Slalom 34

Junior World Championships

  • Bardonecchia 2005: 24 Super -G, downhill 29
  • Quebec 2006: 6 combination, 18 giant slalom, downhill 19th, 20th slalom, Super -G 23
  • Altenmarkt / Flachau 2007: 19 Slalom, Super-G 39

World Cup

  • 3 places in the top 20

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2005/ 06: 1st overall, 1st Super-G standings, 1 giant slalom standings, fifth exit summary
  • Season 2006/ 07: 2nd Giant Slalom rating
  • Season 2007/ 08: 5 Ranking, 1st giant slalom standings, 5 Super G rating
  • Season 2009/ 10: 3rd overall, 2nd Super Combination Evaluation, 3rd slalom standings, 4 giant slalom rating
  • Season 2010/ 11: 5 giant slalom rating
  • Season 2011/12: 3rd overall, 1st Giant Slalom rating
  • Season 2012/13: 1st overall, 1st Super Combination Classification, 2 Super-G standings, second giant slalom standings, fourth slalom rating
  • 32 podiums including 14 victories

Other successes

  • U.S. champion in the combination 2010
  • 14 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup Park City (Utah) Alta (Utah) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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