Leanne Smith

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Leanne Smith
Alpine skier
Leanne Smith Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2009.jpg
Smith in January 2009
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club Mt. Washington Valley
Born (1987-05-28) May 28, 1987 (age 34)
North Conway,
New Hampshire, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
World Cup debutDecember 1, 2007 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2011, 2013)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7th – (200814)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (2 DH)
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2013)
Discipline titles0 – (12th in DH & SG, 2013)

Leanne Smith (born May 28, 1987) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events.

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Early life

Born in North Conway, New Hampshire, Smith attended A. Crosby Kennett High School. She spent her skiing time on the local mountain, Cranmore, where the founder of the first skiing school in the United States, Hannes Schneider, arrived from Austria. Following Cranmore, she trained with the Mount Washington Valley Ski Team, coached by Kurt Simard. Smith graduated from high school in 2005, and then attended the University of New Hampshire in Durham and raced for the Wildcats in 2006.

U.S. Ski Team

After her freshman year at UNH, Smith joined the U.S. Ski Team for the 2007 season, on the developmental team. [1] She moved up to the World Cup team the following season and made her debut in December 2007 in Canada at Lake Louise and finished 23rd in the downhill.

Smith's best World Cup finish is 2nd in a downhill at Val-d'Isère in December 2012. [2] She represented the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014, and at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
2008 2088364535
2009 2194434141
2010 2275413631
2011 2330152219
2012 2438162528
2013 2525121237
2014 26521930

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2011 21 Jan 2011 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super G 8th
4 Mar 2011 Tarvisio, Italy Super Combined 9th
2012 15 Jan 2012Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G10th
28 Jan 2012 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 7th
15 Mar 2012 Schladming, AustriaSuper G5th
2013 2 Dec 2012 Lake Louise, CanadaSuper G8th
14 Dec 2012 Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd
19 Jan 2013Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill3rd
20 Jan 2013Super G6th
2014 8 Dec 2013Lake Louise, CanadaSuper G6th

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2011 23 19 DNF DSQ1
2013 25 16 12 DNS2

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 22 18 21
2014 26 18 DNF2

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References

  1. "Former Wildcat Leanne Smith named to 2010 U.S. Olympic alpine ski team". UNH Athletics. January 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  2. "Career firsts for Gut and Smith, as Vonn goes into the nets". Ski Racing.com. December 14, 2012.