Rosie Mancari

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Rosie Mancari (born January 22, 1994) [1] is an American snowboarder. She has been named to the United States Olympic team in snowboardcross for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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Early life and education

Rosie Mancari was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. [1] Her parents own Denali Sightseeing Safari, a company which provides tours of Denali National Park via truck. [2] She has two sisters and one brother. [1] Rosie began snowboarding competitively at age fourteen. [1] [2] Rosie graduated early from South High to move to Steamboat Springs, Colorado to further her training in slalom and giant slalom racing. [2] [3] [4] She then switched to snowboardcross. [2] She attended the University of Alaska Anchorage. [1]

Career

Mancari began competing on the NorAm snowboardcross circuit in 2014. After two years, she moved up to the World Cup level. [2] At her first World Cup competition in Montafon, Austria, she placed 31st. [2] In 2017, she placed 18th at the snowboardcross world championships. [1] In December 2017, she placed 14th at a snowboardcross competition in Cervina, Italy. [5] In January, she placed 25th at a competition in Erzurum, Turkey. [5] After failing to clinch an Olympic spot on the United States Olympic team, she was named to the team snowboardcross for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang as a discretionary pick. [1] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Rosie Mancari". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bragg, Beth (December 25, 2016). "Anchorage snowboarder ascends to her sport's biggest stage". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rosie Mancari". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Olympians belong to all of us — some extra so than others | Lockport Press". lockportpress.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Bragg, Beth (January 21, 2018). "Olympic hopefuls Stassel, Mancari await their fate along with several Alaska nordic skiers". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Enslow, Patrick (January 23, 2018). "Anchorage snowboarders Ryan Stassel and Rosie Mancari qualify for 2018 Olympics". ktuu.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.


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