Alice Merryweather

{{short description|American alpine skier}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Alice Merryweather

|image = 2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Alice Merryweather - by 2eight - 8SC0653.jpg

|image_size = 220

|caption = Alice Merryweather in 2017

|disciplines = Downhill, Super-G

|club = Stratton Mountain School, Attitash Race Team

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|05}}

|birth_place = Hingham, Massachusetts,
United States

|death_date =

|death_place =

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}

|wcdebut = 9 January 2016 {{nowrap|(age 19)}}

|retired =

|website =

|olympicteams = 1 – (2018)

|olympicmedals = 0

|olympicgolds =

|worldsteams = 1 – (2019)

|worldsmedals = 0

|worldsgolds =

|wcseasons = 4 − (20172020)

|wcwins =

|wcpodiums = 0

|wcoveralls = 0 − (37th in 2020)

|wctitles = 0 − (12th in AC, 2020)

|medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's alpine skiing}}

{{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Åre|Downhill}}

|show-medals = yes}}

Alice Merryweather (born October 5, 1996) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and competes primarily in the speed events, downhill and super-G. Born and raised in Hingham, Massachusetts, she graduated from Stratton Mountain School in Vermont and plans to attend Dartmouth College {{nowrap|in 2018.{{cite web|title=Alice Merryweather|url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/alice-merryweather|website=U.S. Ski and Snowboard|publisher=USSA|accessdate=4 February 2018}}}}

Merryweather won the gold medal in the downhill at the World Junior Championships in 2017.{{cite news|author=|title=Olympics - Merryweather wins late call-up to U.S. team|agency=Reuters|publisher=MSN|date=3 February 2018|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/olympics-merryweather-wins-late-call-up-to-us-team/ar-BBIEAaA|accessdate=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005008/https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/olympics-merryweather-wins-late-call-up-to-us-team/ar-BBIEAaA|archive-date=12 February 2018|url-status=dead}} She was named to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team,{{cite web|title=Alpine Skier Alice Merryweather Added To 2018 U.S. Olympic Team|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/February/03/Alpine-Skier-Alice-Merryweather-Added-To-2018-US-Olympic-Team|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203124223/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/February/03/Alpine-Skier-Alice-Merryweather-Added-To-2018-US-Olympic-Team|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2018|website=TeamUSA.org|publisher=U.S. Olympic Committee|accessdate=3 February 2018}} and was fifteenth in the combined event. She made her first World Cup top ten in January 2019 with an eighth in the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

World Cup results

=Season standings=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!Season !! Age !!  Overall  !!  Slalom  !! Giant
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

201720colspan=6|no World Cup points
20182111947
20192265492729
20202337262713

=Top twenty results=

  • 2 top tens
  • 11 top twenty finishes
  • class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
    Season

    ! Date

    ! Location

    ! Discipline

    ! Place

    2017align=right|15 Mar 2017align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Aspen, USADownhill19th
    rowspan=2|2019align=right|27 Jan 2019align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill8th
    align=right|23 Feb 2019align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill19th
    rowspan=8|2020align=right|7 Dec 2019align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill11th
    align=right|14 Dec 2019align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G20th
    align=right|26 Jan 2020align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bansko, BulgariaSuper-G19th
    align=right|2 Feb 2020align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Rosa Khutor, RussiaSuper-G17th
    align=right|8 Feb 2020rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill19th
    align=right|9 Feb 2020Super-G14th
    align=right|22 Feb 2020rowspan=2 align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill20th
    align=right|23 Feb 2020Combined8th

    World Championship results

    class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

    !  Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
     slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

    201922222218

    Olympic results

    class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

    !  Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
     slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

    20182115

    References

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