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Born | Santa Cruz, California | March 21, 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, super-G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Heavenly Ski & Snowboard Fnd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | March 7, 1997 (age 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | May 2006 (age 27) [1] [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 – (1998, 2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 – (1999–2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 9 – (1998–2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (13th in SG, 2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonna Mendes (born March 31, 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events and raced for nine seasons on the World Cup circuit. Mendes competed in two Winter Olympics and four World Championships. She was the bronze medalist in the Super G at the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [3]
Born in Santa Cruz on the California coast, Mendes began skiing at age four when her family moved to the Lake Tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She made her World Cup debut in March 1997 and retired from international competition in May 2006. [2]
Mendes won four U.S. titles: two in giant slalom (2001, 2002) and two in downhill (2004, 2005). The first came at The Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, [4] but was followed by a broken foot the next day, incurred in a crash near the end of her second run in the slalom. [5] She repeated the next year at Squaw Valley,. [6] She won her first downhill title at Alyeska in Alaska, and won again at Mammoth, in California, the following year. [7] [8]
Mendes attended college in New York City and dedicated her time to working with the U.S. Ski Team's national alpine development system. In 2008, she was the recipient of U.S. Ski Team's Russell Wilder award, which is given annually to recognize the most outstanding effort in focusing the interests of American youth on the sports of skiing or snowboarding. In 2011, Mendes moved to Sun Valley, Idaho to help found the new Sun Valley Ski Academy. Under her leadership, eleven student-athletes have been named to US National Alpine, Nordic, Para Alpine, and Snowboard Teams. [9] [10] [11] In recognition for her service to the local ski racing community, Mendes was named to the 2023 Sun Valley Winter Sports Hall of Fame. [12]
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2001 | Nov 30, 2000 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 10th |
Dec 1, 2000 | Downhill | 6th | ||
2002 | Dec 1, 2001 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G | 10th |
2003 | Nov 29, 2002 | Aspen, USA | Super G | 10th |
Dec 6, 2002 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 9th | |
Dec 8, 2002 | Super G | 9th | ||
Jan 17, 2003 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super G | 8th | |
Jan 18, 2003 | Downhill | 5th | ||
Feb 28, 2003 | Innsbruck, Austria | Super G | 8th | |
2004 | Dec 20, 2003 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 5th |
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1998 | 18 | 105 | — | — | 47 | — | — |
1999 | 19 | 77 | — | — | 42 | 40 | — |
2000 | 20 | 65 | — | — | 44 | 28 | 13 |
2001 | 21 | 37 | — | — | 29 | 17 | — |
2002 | 22 | 67 | — | — | 24 | 29 | — |
2003 | 23 | 25 | — | 53 | 13 | 16 | — |
2004 | 24 | 64 | — | — | 50 | 23 | — |
2005 | 25 | 64 | — | — | 35 | 26 | — |
2006 | 26 | 100 | — | — | 58 | 50 | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1999 | 19 | — | — | 26 | 25 | 9 |
2001 | 21 | — | — | 18 | 20 | 9 |
2003 | 23 | — | — | 3 | 6 | — |
2005 | 25 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1998 | 18 | — | — | 32 | 17 | 14 |
2002 | 22 | — | — | 16 | 11 | — |
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