Sarah Schleper

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Sarah Schleper
Sarah Schleper Semmering 2010.jpg
American alpine skier Sarah Schleper after the first run of the giant slalom in Semmering (Austria) on 28 December 2010.
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Full nameSarah Schleper de Gaxiola
Born (1979-02-19) February 19, 1979 (age 44)
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Spouse(s)Federico Gaxiola
World Cup career
Seasons1995-
Individual wins1

Sarah Schleper [1] (born February 19, 1979, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado), also known as Sarah Schleper de Gaxiola, [1] is former American, now Mexican alpine skier with dual Mexican citizenship via her marriage to a Mexican citizen, whose career started in 1995.

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Personal life

Her father is Buzz Schleper, who owns a ski shop in Vail, Colorado. [2] She is married to Mexican Federico Gaxiola and acquired Mexican citizenship in April 2014. She is now a dual citizen and lives in Vail, and Los Cabos, Mexico. [3]

Career

Her lone World Cup victory was at a slalom event in Switzerland in 2005. [4] Her best finish at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships was seventh in the slalom event at Santa Caterina (near Bormio) in 2005.

Schleper also competed in four Winter Olympics for USA, [1] earning her best finish of tenth in the slalom event at Turin in 2006. Schleper was named to the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late 2009. Schleper announced her retirement shortly before competing in her last world cup slalom on December 29, 2011, in Lienz, Austria. [5] In her career spanning a total of 15 years, she took part in 186 World Cup races and achieved four podium finishes and one victory.

As has become traditional—a skier in her retirement race can wear any apparel she desires—Schleper wore a thin brown summer dress, bare-armed and bare-legged, and stopped halfway down the course to pick up her 4-year-old son. She then skied the rest of the course with the boy in her arms, to the enjoyment of the crowd and fellow skiers. Lindsey Vonn gave Schleper a long hug in the finish area, and race organizers presented her with a huge bouquet of roses.

After acquiring Mexican citizenship in April 2014, she came out of retirement in June 2014, to represent Mexico. [3] She raced for Mexico in the women's giant slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015. [6] When she joined the Mexican ski team, she doubled the size of the team, serving alongside Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a long time sole representative for Mexico at the world circuit. [1]

Schleper competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. Her Olympic effort is self-funded. She represents one of two athletes for Alpine Mexico, the other being Rodolfo Dickson. [1] [7] [8] [9] [10] She qualified for the 2018 Olympics, alongside alpinist Rodolfo Dickson, freestyler Roberto Franco, and cross-country skier German Madrazo. [11] [12]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1998 19102—46———
1999 20905143———
2000 21502125———
2001 22231121———
2002 23221020———
2003 24221221———
2004 25171112———
2005 2617520———
2006 27652736———
2007 28did not compete: birth her child
2008 29
2009 30975541———
2010 31542620———
2011 32533022———
2012 33107—48———

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2001 10 Dec 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd
30 Dec 2000 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
2004 13 Mar 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalySlalom2nd
2005 12 Mar 2005  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom1st

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2001 22DNF1DNF1———
2003 24DNF1DNF1———
2005 26713———
2009 30 28 31 — — —
2011 32 DNF2 50 — — —
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2015 36 DNF1 50 — — —
2017 38 DNF1 41 37 38 27
2019 40 — 42 29 — —
2021 42 — 41 — — —
2023 44 — DSQ1 — — —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1998 19 22 DNF2 — — —
2002 23 DNF1 21 — — —
2006 27 10 DNF2 — — —
2010 31 16 14 — — —
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2018 39 — DNF2 41 — —
2022 43 — 37 35 — —

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  3. 1 2 Meyer, John (June 9, 2014). "Alpine ski racer Sarah Schleper coming out of retirement at age 35". Denver Post . Denver, Colorado, United States . Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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