Stacey Cook

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Stacey Cook
Alpine skier
Stacey Cook Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2011.jpg
Cook in January 2011
Disciplines Downhill, Super G
Club Mammoth Mountain
Ski Team
Born (1984-07-03) July 3, 1984 (age 37)
Truckee, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
World Cup debutJanuary 30, 2004 (age 19)
Website staceycook.net
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (200717)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons12th – (200617)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (3 DH)
Overall titles0 – (28th in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in DH, 2013)

Stacey Janelle Cook [1] (born July 3, 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events.

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Racing career

Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ski areas and raced in the learn-to-race Buddy Werner League events run by the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Championships. Cook made her first two World Cup podiums in late 2012 in consecutive downhills at Lake Louise, Canada.

Cook is based in Mammoth Lakes, California. [2]

Career highlights

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
2006 2154415125
2007 2238292124
2008 234854213923
2009 241104342
2010 2556491739
2011 2645321932
2012 27414110
2013 2831344
2014 29281518
2015 30342914
2016 3137261540
2017 3253541445
2018 335919

Podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2013 30 Nov 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
1 Dec 2012Downhill2nd
2015 6 Dec 2014Downhill2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 22 16
2009 24 22 9 16
2011 26 DNF 25
2013 28 6 18
2015 30 13 19
2017 32 22

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 21 23 19
2010 25 11
2014 29 DNF 17 DNF1

Off the slopes

On July 13, 2010, Cook toured the oil-stained areas of Louisiana devastated by the BP Oil Spill as part of a Sierra Club-sponsored event involving 10 current and former athletes, which included NASCAR racer Leilani Munter, tennis star Chanda Rubin and NFL stars Ovie Mughelli and Mike Alstott [3]

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References

  1. According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. At Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeLegends.com
  2. www.grindtv.com http://www.grindtv.com/olympics/small-town-big-olympians-mammoth-lakes-home-base-for-six-sochi-athletes/#3KBykPjUaOyRvvm5.97 . Retrieved 2016-11-27.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Cook joins athletes tour of Gulf Coast oil disaster". Ski Racing.com. July 15, 2010.