Sarah Schleper
{{short description|American alpine skier}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Sarah Schleper
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| caption = American alpine skier Sarah Schleper after the first run of the giant slalom in Semmering (Austria) on 28 December 2010.
| nationality = {{USA}}
{{MEX}}
| full_name = Sarah Schleper de Gaxiola
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|02|19}}
| birth_place = Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S.
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| spouse = Federico Gaxiola
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| seasons = 1995-
| wins = 1
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{{Use American English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}}
Sarah Schleper (born February 19, 1979), also known as Sarah Schleper de Gaxiola,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/edge/2015/03/06/prince-hubertus-von-hohenlohe-mexican-ski-team |title= Mariachi Man: Prince Hubertus and the Mexican ski team he helped create |author= Tik Root |date= 6 March 2015 |magazine= Sports Illustrated }} is an alpine skier whose career started in 1995. She competed for the United States in four Winter Olympics from 1998-2010, and later competed for Mexico at the Winter Olympics in 2018 and 2022.
Career
Her lone World Cup victory was at a slalom event in Switzerland in 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=54515&raceid=33945 |title = FIS-Ski - resultats |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730162617/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=54515&raceid=33945 |archive-date=30 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} Her best finish at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships was seventh in the slalom event at Santa Caterina (near Bormio) in 2005.
Schleper also competed in four Winter Olympics for USA, earning her best finish of tenth in the slalom event at Turin in 2006. Schleper was named to the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late 2009. Schleper announced her retirement shortly before competing in her last world cup slalom on December 29, 2011, in Lienz, Austria.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/american-skier-sarah-schleper-retires-from-world-cup-circuit-after-15-years-186-races/2011/12/29/gIQAOCCyNP_story.html The Washington Post]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In her career spanning a total of 15 years, she took part in 186 World Cup races and achieved four podium finishes and one victory.
As has become traditional—a skier in her retirement race can wear any apparel she desires—Schleper wore a thin brown summer dress, bare-armed and bare-legged, and stopped halfway down the course to pick up her 4-year-old son. She then skied the rest of the course with the boy in her arms, to the enjoyment of the crowd and fellow skiers. Lindsey Vonn gave Schleper a long hug in the finish area, and race organizers presented her with a huge bouquet of roses.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
After acquiring Mexican citizenship in April 2014, she came out of retirement in June to represent Mexico.{{cite news |last=Meyer |first=John |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Alpine ski racer Sarah Schleper coming out of retirement at age 35 |url=http://www.denverpost.com/wintersports/ci_25925689/alpine-ski-racer-sarah-schleper-coming-out-retirement |newspaper=Denver Post |location=Denver, Colorado, United States |accessdate=October 25, 2014 }} She raced for Mexico in the women's giant slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015.{{cite web|title=Double bonus for dual citizen Schleper at worlds|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/double-bonus-dual-citizen-schleper-worlds-011435639--ski.html|website=Yahoo Sports|date=February 13, 2015 |accessdate=February 13, 2015}} When she joined the Mexican ski team, she doubled the size of the team, serving alongside Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a long time sole representative for Mexico at the world circuit.
Schleper competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. Her Olympic effort is self-funded. She represents one of two athletes for Alpine Mexico, the other being Rodolfo Dickson.{{cite news |url= http://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/8098/tres-company-for-the-mexico-ski-team-in-the-winter-olympics |title= 'Tres' company for the Mexico ski team in the Winter Olympics |author= Adriana Terrazas |date= 31 October 2017 |publisher= ESPN }}{{Cite web |url= http://www.esportes.mx/tres-mexicanos-acudiran-a-pyeongchang-2018/ |title= Tres mexicanos acudirán a Pyeongchang 2018 |date= 18 May 2017 |publisher= Esportes.MX |language= es |access-date= November 22, 2017 |archive-date= February 17, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180217035828/http://www.esportes.mx/tres-mexicanos-acudiran-a-pyeongchang-2018/ |url-status= dead }}{{cite news |url= https://sipse.com/deportes/mexico-presente-juegos-olimpicos-invernales-2018-deportes-264676.html |title= México estará presente en los Juegos Olímpicos Invernales de 2018 |date= 11 August 2017 |publisher= SIPSE.com |language=es}}{{cite web |url= https://elbigdata.mx/sport-data/cuarta-parte-mexico-con-cuatro-o-cinco-atletas-a-pyeongchang-2018/ |title= México con cuatro o cinco atletas a Pyeongchang 2018 |date= 23 February 2017 |author= Carlos Alberto Cruz |publisher= El Big Data }} She qualified for the 2018 Olympics, alongside alpinist Rodolfo Dickson, freestyler Roberto Franco, and cross-country skier German Madrazo.{{cite news |url= http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-oly-how-to-watch-team-mexico-2018-winter-olympics-pyeongchang-20180209-htmlstory.html |title= How to root for Team Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics |author= Luis Gomez |date= 9 February 2018 |publisher= San Diego Union-Tribune }}{{cite news |url= http://www.mediotiempo.com/juegos-olimpicos-de-invierno-2018/2018/02/07/delegacion-mexicana-en-pyeonchang-2018-la-mas-grande-desde-1992 |title= Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992 |date= 7 February 2018 |author= Abigail Parra |publisher= mediotiempo |language=es}}
Personal life
Sarah's father is Buzz Schleper, who owns a ski shop in Vail, Colorado.{{Cite web| last = John O’Neill| title = How to be a 'ski bum': Buzz Schleper has built a successful business from catering to the ski crowds| work = VailDaily weekly| accessdate = 2017-04-16| date = 2016-03-13| url = http://www.vaildaily.com/entertainment/activities-events/how-to-be-a-ski-bum-buzz-schleper-has-built-a-successful-business-from-catering-to-the-ski-crowds/}} She is married to Federico Gaxiola and acquired Mexican citizenship via her spouse in April 2014. As of 2014, she lived in both Vail and Mexico.
World Cup results
=Season standings=
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!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant | |||||||
| 1998 | 19 | 102 | — | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 20 | 90 | 51 | 43 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 21 | 50 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 27 | 65 | 27 | 36 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 28 | rowspan=2 colspan=6| did not compete: birth her child | |||||
| 2008 | 29 | ||||||
| 2009 | 30 | 97 | 55 | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 31 | 54 | 26 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 32 | 53 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 33 | 107 | — | 48 | — | — | — |
=Race podiums=
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| Season
! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|2001 | align=right|10 Dec 2000 | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 2nd |
| align=right|30 Dec 2000 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Semmering, Austria | align=center|Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2004 | align=right|13 Mar 2004 | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2005 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|12 Mar 2005 | align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Lenzerheide, Switzerland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Slalom | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st |
World Championship results
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! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant | ||||||
| colspan=7|Representing the {{USA}} | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 24 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 26 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 30 | 28 | 31 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 32 | DNF2 | 50 | — | — | — |
| colspan=7|Representing {{MEX}} | ||||||
| 2015 | 36 | DNF1 | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 38 | DNF1 | 41 | 37 | 38 | 27 |
| 2019 | 40 | — | 42 | 29 | — | — |
| 2021 | 42 | — | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 44 | — | DSQ1 | — | — | — |
Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061231190015/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1008.htm Sarah's U.S. Olympic Team bio]
- {{Official website|http://www.sarahschleper.net/}}
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{{succession box
| before = Gabriela López and Rommel Pacheco
| title = Flagbearer for {{MEX}}
(with Donovan Carrillo)
| years = Beijing 2022
| after = Emiliano Hernández and Alejandra Orozco
}}
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{{2018 Mexico Winter Olympic team}}
{{2022 Mexico Winter Olympic team}}
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Category:Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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