Mike Jacoby
{{Short description|American snowboarder (born 1969)}}
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Mike Jacoby (born May 1969) is an American snowboarder who competed in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/mike-jacoby-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/mike-jacoby-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Mike Jacoby Olympic Results |accessdate=8 April 2020}}
Early life
Jacoby was born in Bellevue, Washington, but grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho.{{Cite web |title=Mike Jacoby Bio, Stats, and Results |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/mike-jacoby-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/mike-jacoby-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17 |access-date=2020-02-07 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}} He pursued alpine and cross-country skiing until he was 14, when he built his first snowboard and began snowboarding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/profiles/jacoby.htm|title=Snowboarding: Mike Jacoby|website=Washington Post}}
Snowboarding career
Jacoby's first event was the 1986 swatch world championships in Breckenridge Co. In the Junior 16 and under category he placed 7th in slalom, 8th in giant slalom, and 5th in Half pipe.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
1987 Swatch World championship
Mens am auteur
Slalom 1st
Giant slalom 1st
Halfpipe 14th
This was the first event the J-tear was done in a event.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
The first World Cup tour was 1988{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
He was the 1991 Overall World Champion (ISF tour) and 1992 Overall World Super-G Champion (ISF tour).{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
Jacoby won the gold medal in both the 1995 and 1996 World Cup giant slalom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?competitorid=27417&type=result&category=WC&position=3§or=SB|title=JACOBY Mike - Athlete Information|website=www.fis-ski.com|access-date=2020-02-07}} He placed second in the 1996 FIS Snowboarding World Championships giant slalom,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=454|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604054405/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=454|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-04|title=FIS-Ski - resultats|date=2011-06-04|access-date=2020-02-07}} and in the 1997 Snowboarding World Championships placed first in the parallel slalom{{Cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=579|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604053534/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=579|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-04|title=FIS-Ski - resultats|date=2011-06-04|access-date=2020-02-07}} and second in the giant slalom.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=574|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604053437/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&raceid=574|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-04|title=FIS-Ski - resultats|date=2011-06-04|access-date=2020-02-07}} He placed 17th in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
In 2010 Jacoby was injured while mountain biking, and received a severe head injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.snowboarder.com/transworld-snowboarding-archive/snowboarding-news/mike-jacoby-recovering-from-accident/|title=Mike Jacoby Recovering From Accident|date=2010-07-12|website=Snowboarder Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-07}}
Sailed singlehanded the Pacific loop.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
References
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American male snowboarders
Category:Olympic snowboarders for the United States
Category:People from Bellevue, Washington
Category:Sportspeople from Idaho Falls, Idaho
Category:Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Idaho
Category:Sportspeople from Washington (state)
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