Brooke Wales
Brooke Wales | |||
nation | United States | ||
birthday | August 28, 1990 | ||
place of birth | Duvall, Washington | ||
size | 170 cm | ||
Weight | 61 kg | ||
Career | |||
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discipline |
Downhill , super G , giant slalom , slalom , super combination |
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society | Mission Ridge Ski Team | ||
status | active | ||
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup | |||
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last change: March 19, 2013 |
Brooke Wales (born August 28, 1990 in Duvall , Washington ) is an American ski racer . She starts in all disciplines and achieves her greatest successes in the super-G and in the downhill as well as in the super combination .
Career
Brooke Wales contested her first FIS races in December 2005, with her first victories in January 2008. Since the 2008/2009 season , she has also competed regularly in the Nor-Am Cup . She achieved her first top 10 result in this racing series on December 15, 2008 with ninth place in the Super-G of Panorama . In the 2009/2010 season she was already in the top ten seven times, which meant that she was among the top ten in the downhill, super-G and super-combined disciplines for the first time. Wales continued to improve next winter. On February 10, 2011, she celebrated her first win in the Aspen Super-G, followed by a second five weeks later in the Whistler Super-G . In the 2010/2011 season she was fifth overall in the Nor-Am Cup as well as second in the Super-G classification, fourth in the super combination classification and sixth in the downhill classification.
After being accepted into the C-squad of the US ski team, Wales made her first appearances in the World Cup in December 2011 , but has not yet won any World Cup points. In the winter of 2011/2012 in the Nor-Am Cup she was fourth in the downhill classification with three podium places, seventh in the overall and giant slalom classification and ninth in the Super-G classification.
successes
Junior World Championships
- Mont Blanc 2010 : 65th descent
Nor-Am Cup
- Season 2009/10 : 7th super-G classification, 8th super combination classification, 9th downhill classification
- 2010/11 season : 5th overall ranking, 2nd super G ranking, 4th super combination ranking, 6th downhill ranking
- Season 2011/12 : 7th overall classification, 4th downhill classification, 7th giant slalom classification, 9th Super-G classification
- Season 2012/13 : 6th Super-G classification, 9th giant slalom classification
- 8 podium places, including 2 wins:
date | place | country | discipline |
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February 10, 2011 | Aspen | United States | Super G |
March 19, 2011 | Whistler | Canada | Super G |
More Achievements
- 12 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Site of Brooke Wales (English)
- Brooke Wales in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Brooke Wales in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Brooke Wales on the US ski team's website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wales, Brooke |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Duvall (Washington) , United States |