Carrie Sheinberg

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Carrie Sheinberg (born November 29, 1972) is an American former alpine skier. [1] [2]

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Biography

Sheinberg, who is Jewish, was born in New York, New York. [1] [3] [4] She lives in Port Washington, New York, where she grew up, and in Park City, Utah. [1] [3]

A slalom skier, Sheinberg was named to the US Ski Team at the age of 17 and was a team member for eight years. She skied in the slalom event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and was the top US finisher in the event. [1] [2] [5] She won the US alpine 1995 combined title (in Park City) and 1997 slalom titles, and the 1997 giant slalom at the US Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine. [3] [4] She retired in 1998. [3]

Sheinberg then attended the University of Utah, and was a sports reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune . [3] After two years as a producer for ESPN Radio, she worked as a reporter for Sirius Satellite Radio. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nagano Olympics - Athlete profile: Carrie Sheinberg". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. February 3, 1998. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Carrie Sheinberg Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.org. April 30, 2006. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN   9780881259698 . Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ Stephen Trimble (July 28, 2008). Bargaining for Eden: the fight for the last open spaces in America . University of California Press. p.  132. ISBN   9780520251113 . Retrieved August 12, 2011.


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