Anna Segal
{{short description|Australian freestyle skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's Freestyle skiing}}
{{MedalCountry| {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition| FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 2013 Silvaplana|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| 2012 Copper Mt.|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalGold| 2011 Deer Valley|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition| US Freeski Open}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Copper Mt. |Slopestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition| Winter Dew Tour}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Breckenridge |Slopestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Snowbasin |Slopestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Snowbasin |Halfpipe}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Snowbasin |Halfpipe}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Mt. Snow|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Breckenridge|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition| Winter X Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Aspen |Slopestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Tignes |Slopestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Aspen |Slopestyle}}
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Anna Segal (born 15 August 1986) is an Australian Olympic freestyle slopestyle skier and two-time world champion.
Segal won the gold medal for the inaugural Women's Ski Slopestyle at Winter X Games 13 at Buttermilk Mountain on 24 January 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. She also won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. She won the gold medal as well in the Slopestyle at the 2012 AFP World Championships in Whistler, Canada.
Early life
Segal was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents are Susan Davis and Alan Segal. She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak, matriculating in 2004.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stcatherines.net.au/old-girls/anna-segal/|title=Anna Segal - St Catherines School|work=St Catherines School|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en-US}} She has a degree in Arts & Commerce from Monash University (2015).{{cite web |url=http://annasegal.com/ |title="Anna Segal – Professional Skier" |access-date=15 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423145216/http://annasegal.com/ |archive-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Her sister Nat Segal is a professional skier.[http://www.smh.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/sochi-winter-olympics-anna-segal-finishes-fourth-in-womens-ski-slopestyle-20140211-32g07.html "Sochi Winter Olympics: Anna Segal finishes fourth in women's ski slopestyle,"] The Sydney Morning Herald.
Skiing career
Segal's home mountain is Whistler Blackcomb in Canada.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Segal initially began competitive skiing as a mogul skier, and subsequently moved into freeskiing events. She was a member of the NSWIS/SSA National Development mogul team 2003–05 and competed in several Europa Cup Mogul events during that time. She suffered a serious knee injury in 2006.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Her first major win in slopestyle was the Women's US Freeskiing Open at Copper Mountain, USA, in 2007.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
She won the gold medal for the inaugural Women's Ski Slopestyle at Winter X Games 13 at Buttermilk Mountain on 24 January 2009 in Aspen, Colorado.[http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/SM362yY3qLZ/Winter+X+Games+Day+3/3Kn3M8opk5c/Anna+Segal "Anna Segal in Winter X Games Day 3" - Zimbio] She also won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6118 |title=FIS-Ski - resultats |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207174313/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6118 |accessdate=2020-01-30|archive-date=7 February 2011 }} Segal was named the 2011 Australian Snowsports Person of the Year by Skiing and Snowboarding Australia{{cite web |last1=Segal |first1=Anna |url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3015250/anna-segal|title=AnnaSegal|website=X Games |access-date=22 September 2022}}
Segal broke her thumb and damaged her knee in January 2012. She won the gold medal in the Slopestyle at the 2012 AFP World Championships in Whistler, Canada.{{cite web |last1=Segal |first1=Anna |title=AFP Champs: Slopestyle |url=https://www.espn.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7828901/gus-kenworthy-anna-segal-win-afp-world-championships-slopestyle |website=ESPN |date=18 April 2012 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=22 September 2022}}
In early 2013, Segal damaged her left knee at a World Cup event in Switzerland. She took 3rd in Slopestyle at the FIS USA World Cup in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://annasegal.com/about-me/ |title="About Me – Anna Segal – Professional Skier" |access-date=15 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416044553/http://annasegal.com/about-me/ |archive-date=16 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
Segal competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, four weeks after learning she had torn the ACL in her knee.[http://www.snowsbest.com/sixty-seconds-with-anna-segal/ Sixty seconds with Anna Segal - SnowsBest] She came in fourth place, eight points behind bronze medalist Canadian Kim Lamarre in the women's ski slopestyle. It was Australia's first fourth-place finish ever in Winter Olympics history.[http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/anna-segal "Australian Olympic Committee: Anna Segal"]
Segal retired from competitive skiing after the Olympics. During her career she sustained three ACL reconstructions, two meniscal tears, cartilage damage in her knee, a broken ankle, a broken thumb, and a few concussions.{{cite web |url=http://www.sydneyroadphysio.com.au/newsletters/srp_newsletter_Autumn_2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217141831/http://sydneyroadphysio.com.au/newsletters/srp_newsletter_Autumn_2014.pdf |archive-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Anna is now based in Whistler, Canada, with a focus on backcountry skiing and progressing women’s extreme skiing through ski films.
Anna co-produced her first feature film, Finding The Line (2018) alongside her sister, Nat Segal. The film has been screened at film festivals and events across the world and was recently purchased by [https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/films/finding-the-line-film Red Bull Media House].
Anna has filmed with ski film production companies: [https://warrenmiller.com/ Warren Miller Entertainment] (USA) and [https://www.blankcollectivefilms.com/ BLANK Collective Films] (CAN)
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022121532/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=FS&competitorid=55409&type=result FIS-Ski.com Profile]
{{Footer World Champions Slopestyle Women}}
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Category:Australian female freestyle skiers
Category:Skiers from Melbourne
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia
Category:Monash University alumni
Category:People educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak