Megan McJames
Megan McJames 
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 Megan McJames in December 2010 |
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 United States
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| birthday | 24th September 1987 (age 32) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Park City , United States | ||||||||
| size | 168 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Slalom , giant slalom , super-G | ||||||||
| society | Park City Ski Ed Foundation | ||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||
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| last change: March 19, 2018 | |||||||||
Megan McJames (born September 24, 1987 in Park City , Utah ) is an American ski racer . Their strongest discipline is the giant slalom .
biography
McJames was already on skis at the age of two, in Alta , where her parents worked as ski instructors. She competed in FIS races from December 2002. A year later, she made her first appearances in the continental championship Nor-Am Cup . In the 2005/06 season she won three races in the Nor-Am Cup and made it onto the podium three more times. As a result, she secured victory in the overall standings as well as in the Super-G and giant slalom rankings.
In her first World Cup race in November 2006, she was eliminated. On January 21, 2007 she won World Cup points for the first time as the 28th of the giant slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo . In the 2007/08 season she was again first in the giant slalom classification of the Nor-Am Cup. McJames' best result in the World Cup so far is a 14th place, achieved on October 25, 2008 at the giant slalom in Sölden . In 2009 she took part in the giant slalom at the World Championships in Val-d'Isère , but was eliminated in the first round. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she finished 32nd in giant slalom, but this time did not finish in slalom. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she was 29th in slalom and 34th in giant slalom. Shortly after the World Cup, however, the 2010/11 season came to an end for her after she broke her left calcaneus while skiing in her home town of Park City .
In the 2011/12 season , McJames won the giant slalom classification in the Nor-Am Cup for the third time, but it was only used once in the World Cup in the same winter, after winning her last World Cup points in January 2010. In the winter of 2012/13, McJames took part in two World Cup races without success. In the Nor-Am Cup, on the other hand, she won the overall ranking and the combined ranking of the 2012/13 season. She became the overall Nor-Am winner again in the 2015/16 season.
successes
Olympic games
- Vancouver 2010 : 32nd giant slalom
- Sochi 2014 : 30th giant slalom
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 9th team competition, 31st giant slalom, 36th slalom
World championships
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 29th slalom, 34th giant slalom
- Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 34th giant slalom, 38th slalom
- St. Moritz 2017 : 21st giant slalom, 26th slalom
World cup
- 4 placements among the top 20
Nor-Am Cup
- 2005/06 season : overall winner, 1st super-G classification, 1st giant slalom classification, 5th downhill classification
- 2006/07 season : 2nd giant slalom ranking
- 2007/08 season : 5th overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking, 5th Super G ranking
- Season 2009/10 : 3rd overall ranking, 2nd combined ranking, 3rd slalom ranking, 4th giant slalom ranking
- 2010/11 season : 5th giant slalom ranking
- Season 2011/12 : 3rd overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking
- Season 2012/13 : 1st overall ranking, 1st combined ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking, 2nd giant slalom ranking, 4th slalom ranking
- Season 2014/15 : 7th overall ranking, 2nd giant slalom ranking, 8th slalom ranking
- 2015/16 season : 1st overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking, 1st combined ranking, 2nd Super G ranking
- Season 2016/17 : 7th overall ranking, 5th giant slalom ranking
- Season 2017/18 : 5th giant slalom ranking
- 48 podiums, including 21 wins
Junior World Championships
- Bardonecchia 2005 : 24th Super-G, 29th downhill
- Québec 2006 : 6th combination, 18th giant slalom, 19th downhill, 20th slalom, 23rd Super-G
- Altenmarkt / Flachau 2007 : 19th slalom, 39th Super-G
More Achievements
- 2 US champion (combined 2010, giant slalom 2017)
- 19 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Blog of Megan Mcjames (English)
- Megan McJames in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Megan McJames in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Portrait on usskiteam.com (English)
- Megan McJames in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McJames, Megan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Park City (Utah) , United States |