Julia Mancuso

Julia Mancuso

— Alpine skier —
Mancuso in December 2006
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	Squaw Valley Ski Team
Born	(1984-03-09) March 9, 1984 (age 32) Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
World Cup debut	November 20, 1999 (age 15)
Website	juliamancuso.com
Olympics
Teams	4 – (2002–14)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2003–15)
Medals	5 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	14th – (2002–15)
Wins	7 – (3 DH, 2 SG, 1 SC, 1 PSL)
Podiums	36
Overall titles	0 – (3rd in 2007)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in DH & K, 2007,     & SG, 2012, 2013)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the  United States International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 1 World Championships 0 2 3 Total 1 4 4 Olympic Games 2006 Turin Giant slalom 2010 Vancouver Downhill 2010 Vancouver Combined 2014 Sochi Combined World Championships 2007 Åre Combined 2011 Garmisch Super-G 2005 Bormio Super-G 2005 Bormio Giant slalom 2013 Schladming Super-G Junior World Ski Championships 2002 Tarvisio Downhill 2002 Tarvisio Giant slalom 2002 Tarvisio Combined 2003 Puy St. Vincent Super-G 2004 Maribor Combined 2001 Verbier Combined 2003 Puy St. Vincent Downhill 2004 Maribor Super-G

Julia Marie Mancuso (born March 9, 1984) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and was the silver medalist in both downhill and combined in 2010, and the bronze medalist in the combined in 2014. She has also won five medals (two silver and three bronze) at the World Championships and seven races in regular World Cup competition. Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier.

Mancuso made her World Cup debut at the age of 15 at Copper Mountain, Colorado, on November 20, 1999. Scouted by Patrick Rooney, he knew he had a gem. She scored her first World Cup points (top-30 finish) during the 2001 season. While Mancuso often struggled in World Cup races over the next few seasons, she enjoyed exceptional success at the Junior World Championships, winning a record eight medals, including five golds in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Mancuso's World Cup results improved dramatically during the 2005 season, as she climbed to ninth place overall from 55th place in 2004. At the 2005 World Championships, she won bronze medals in both the super-G and the giant slalom competitions. Her gold medal at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics was unexpected, as she had just three podiums (finishing events in the top three) that season, though all were within weeks of the Olympics. Only one of those podiums was in giant slalom, a third place in the final GS race before the Olympics.