Ingrid Backstrom

{{Short description|American skier}}

Ingrid Backstrom (born August 21, 1978){{Cite web | url = http://www.mspfilms.com/athletes/backstrom | title = Ingrid Backstrom | website = mspfilms.com | publisher = Matchstick Productions - Ski & Action Sports Films/Movies | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090403082043/http://www.mspfilms.com/athletes/backstrom | archive-date = April 3, 2009}} is an internationally ranked professional skier from Seattle, Washington, United States.{{Cite web | url = http://www.whitman.edu/alumni/whittienewsApril2005.htm | title = Whitties of the World | issue = April 2005 | publisher = Whitman College Alumni Association | work = Whittie News - the Whitman College Alumni Newsletter e-newsletter | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120220193108/http://www.whitman.edu/alumni/whittienewsApril2005.htm | archive-date = February 20, 2012}} Backstrom graduated from Highline High School in Burien, Washington as a straight-A student, three-sport varsity athlete, and co-valedictorian.{{Cite web | url = https://www.crystalmountainresort.com/2010/05/12/the-backstroms-ingrid-arne-ralph/ | title = The Backstroms: Ingrid, Arne & Ralph | date = May 12, 2010 | publisher = Crystal Mountain Resort | access-date = May 21, 2019 | quote = The Backstroms became standouts at Highline High School, with Ingrid paving the way as a straight-A student, three-sport varsity athlete and co-valedictorian.}} In 2000, Backstrom graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Geology. Her brother, Arne Backstrom, died in a skiing accident in 2010 at the age of 29.{{Cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2005-02-08-freeskiing-feature_x.htm | title = Freedom down the ski slopes | work = USA Today | date = February 8, 2005 | first = Gary | last = Hook | access-date = May 21, 2019 | location = Snowbird, Utah}}

Backstrom established herself on the freeskiing scene through her performances in Matchstick Production's 2004 Yearbook and 2005 The Hit List.{{Cite magazine | url = http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200601/ingrid-backstrom-life-list.html | title = Ingrid Backstrom Life List | magazine = Outside | issue = January 2006 | via = outsideonline.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100927195223/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200601/ingrid-backstrom-life-list.html | archive-date = September 27, 2010}} Since then she has been featured in several other ski films, including Warren Miller's Impact (2004), Mark Obenhaus's Steep (2007){{Cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1003118/ | work = IMDB.com | title = Steep (2007/I) | access-date = May 21, 2019}} Matchstick Production's Seven Sunny Days (2007), Claim (2008), In Deep (2009), The Way I See It (2010), G.N.A.R. (2011), Attack of La Nina (2011), and Superheroes of Stoke (2012).

Backstrom was the only female to be featured as one of Powder Magazine's Future Big Mountain Heroes in 2002. She has gone on to win several other awards for her performances in ski films, including "Best Female Performance" and "Breakthrough Performance" at the 2005 Powder Magazine Video Awards.{{Cite web | url = https://www.backcountry.com/profile/ingrid-backstrom/1713681 | title = Ingrid Backstrom | website = Backcountry.com | access-date = May 21, 2019}}