Shannon Bahrke
Shannon Deanne Bahrke ( born November 7, 1980 in Reno, Nevada) is a former American freestyle skier. She was dedicated to the moguls and dual moguls mogul disciplines ( moguls ).
Biography
Bahrke grew up in California in Tahoe City. Your family is originally from Norway, the paternal grandparents emigrated from a small town near Oslo in the U.S. from. As a three year old she learned to ski, ten years later realized the coach of the freestyle team in Squaw Valley talent. They operated several other sports, including football, softball and track and field; during their time at school, she played trumpet in high school band. My five years younger brother Scotty Bahrke is also freestyle skis, but in the discipline Aerials. After graduation, she moved to Salt Lake City to study at the University of Utah.
1998 Bahrke was included in the national team. On January 9, 1999, she debuted in the freestyle skiing World Cup, finishing in Mont Tremblant 27th place. Only six weeks later, they scored their podium finish when she placed second in Madarao. After numerous placings in the top ten they could win the first World Cup race on January 6, 2002 in Oberstdorf. At the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 she took a behind Norway's Kari Traa the silver medal.
Bahrke was particularly successful in the season 2002/ 03. She won three times in the World Cup and was five more times on the podium, which they secured the moguls discipline standings. In the 2003 World Cup in Deer Valley, she won the dual moguls bronze medal as she finished fourth in the moguls competition. The winter of 2003/ 04 began promisingly with four podium finishes, but then she broke off the race in Inawashiro the jaw and had to end the season prematurely. When training before the second race of the season 2004/ 05 in Mont Tremblant she crashed heavily and suffered in his right knee cruciate ligaments, one side ligament tear and a meniscus injury.
Bahrke was able to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she reached the tenth place and was best of their team. In the winter of 2006/ 07 she decided the first two races of the season for themselves. At the end she won at the 2007 World Championships in Madonna di Campiglio behind Jennifer Heil dual moguls silver medal and finished the Moguls competition in fourth. Due to a renewed serious knee injury she had to cancel the entire 2007/08 season. In the following season was a fifth place their best result. In March 2009, she won the sixth American Championship title; this dedicated to her longtime trainer Clay Beck, who had died the year before in a plane crash.
At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 Bahrke won another medal, this time a bronze. At the end of the 2009/10 season she stepped back from professional sports.
Silver Bean Coffee
While she recovered from her knee injury suffered in 2007, founded Bahrke and her fiance Matt Happe in Salt Lake City Coffee Roasters Silver Bean Coffee. The mixtures offered have names that are inspired by skiing. In addition, the company sells more than a dozen special coffee blends, which are named after American skiers of all genres ( " Athlete blends "). They include, inter alia, Julia Mancuso, Bill Demong and Lindsey Van. With a portion of the proceeds from them a certain charitable organization is supported.
Achievements
Olympic games
- 2002 Salt Lake City: 2 Moguls
- Turin 2006: 10 Moguls
- 2010 Vancouver: 3 Moguls
World Championships
World Cup ratings
- Season 1998/99: 4 Dual Mogul World Cup
- Season 2000/ 01: 6 Moguls World Cup
- Season 2001/ 02: 9 Moguls World Cup
- Season 2002/ 03: 1 - Mogul World Cup
- Season 2003/ 04: 5 Moguls World Cup
- Season 2006/ 07: 4th overall World Cup, 2nd Moguls World Cup, second dual moguls World Cup
- Season 2008/ 09: 7 - Mogul World Cup
- Season 2009/ 10: 10th overall World Cup, 4th Moguls World Cup
World Cup wins
Bahrke won so far 27 podiums, 7 Wins:
Other successes
- 6 American Championship title
- 1 podium in Nor- Am Cup