Kim Stacey
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| birthday | May 3, 1980 | ||||||||
| place of birth | Concord , United States | ||||||||
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| National squad | since 1996 | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2003 | ||||||||
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Kim Stacey (born May 3, 1980 in Concord , New Hampshire ) is a former American snowboarder . In 2000 she finished fourth at the X Games . In 1999 she became world champion in the halfpipe .
Career
Born in Concord , New Hampshire , Stacey moved with her family to Stratton , Vermont . In March 1995, at the age of only 14, she competed internationally for the first time in an FIS race in the Hidden Valley . After finishing third in the giant slalom, she won the slalom race a day later. A year later she was third again on the podium at Mammoth Mountain . After two fourth places in Hunter Mountain in December 1996, Stacey started a week later in the Snowboard Continental Cup for the first time . In Sugerloaf , she also started in the halfpipe for the first time, later her most successful discipline. At the Snowboard Junior World Championships in Corno alle Scale , she won the bronze medal in the halfpipe after finishing 18th in the giant slalom.
After further starts at FIS races in the United States, Stacey made her debut in the Snowboard World Cup on November 16, 1997 in Tignes, France . As 38th she stayed far behind the points. A few days later she won her first points in Hintertux in 16th place. It remained the only two World Cup starts of the season, which she finished in 127th place in the overall World Cup standings. As a result, Stacey started again in the lower class in the Continental Cup or in FIS races. It was only used again in the World Cup in November 1998 in the Tandådalen ski area . After she narrowly missed the podium in the first race in the halfpipe in fourth place, she was able to achieve her first podium position in second race on the same day. In Whistler she was also back on the podium as third.
At the snowboard world championships in Berchtesgaden in 1999 , Stacey surprisingly won the world title in the halfpipe. It subsequently remained her only big title and was also her only start at a major international event. On January 31, 1999, she won her first World Cup in Mont Sainte-Anne . Several podium finishes followed before she was able to achieve her second and last World Cup victory in San Candido a year later in March 2000 . Two weeks after this success, Stacey won her first and only national title in the half pipe at the US Championships in Okemo .
On December 17, 2000, Stacey started again in the World Cup in Mont Sainte-Anne. As 13th, she won again World Cup points, but it was her last World Cup start. Until the end of her career in 2003, she only started at a lower level in FIS races and in the NorAm Cup. She won the NorAm Cup in the 2001/02 season in the halfpipe discipline.
Web links
- Kim Stacey in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kim Stacey at the X-Games
Individual evidence
- ↑ Snowboard Junior World Championships 1997 - Halfpipe in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- ↑ Snowboard World Cup 1999 - Halfpipe in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
1996: Carolien van Kilsdonk | 1997: Anita Schwaller | 1999: Kim Stacey | 2001: Doriane Vidal | 2003: Doriane Vidal | 2005: Doriane Vidal | 2007: Manuela Pesko | 2009: Liu Jiayu | 2011: Holly Crawford | 2013: Arielle Gold | 2015: Cai Xuetong | 2017: Cai Xuetong | 2019: Chloe Kim
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| SURNAME | Stacey, Kim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American snowboarder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Concord , New Hampshire , United States |