Stacey Cook
{{short description|American alpine skier}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Stacey Cook
|image = Stacey Cook Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2011.jpg
|image_size = 210px
|caption = Cook in January 2011
|disciplines = Downhill, Super G
|club = Mammoth Mountain
Ski Team
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|07|03}}
|birth_place = Truckee, California, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = 5 ft 5 in
|wcdebut = January 30, 2004 (age 19)
|retired =
|website = [http://staceycook.net/ staceycook.net]
|olympicteams = 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
|olympicmedals = 0
|olympicgolds =
|worldsmedals = 0
|worldsgolds =
|wcwins = 0
|wcpodiums = 3 – (3 DH)
|wcoveralls = 0 – (28th in 2014)
|wctitles = 0 – (4th in DH, 2013)
|show-medals =
|medals =
}}
Stacey Janelle CookAccording to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. At Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeLegends.com (born July 3, 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events.
Racing career
Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ski areas and raced in the learn-to-race Buddy Werner League events run by the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Championships. Cook made her first two World Cup podiums in late 2012 in consecutive downhills at Lake Louise, Canada.
Cook is based in Mammoth Lakes, California.{{cite news |url-status=live |title=Small town, big Olympians; Mammoth Lakes home base for six Sochi athletes |url=http://www.grindtv.com/olympics/small-town-big-olympians-mammoth-lakes-home-base-for-six-sochi-athletes/#3KBykPjUaOyRvvm5.97 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=Men's Journal |date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209165711/https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/small-town-big-olympians-mammoth-lakes-home-base-for-six-sochi-athletes/#3KBykPjUaOyRvvm5.97 |archive-date=Dec 9, 2022 |language=en}}
=Career highlights=
- 2005 – NorAm super G runner-up with two wins
- 2006 – Competed in first Winter Olympics; 19th in downhill and 23rd in giant slalom.
- U.S. super G champion
- 2007 – competed in first World Championships, 16th in downhill.
- 2009 – World Championships, 9th in downhill.
- 2010 – Winter Olympics, 11th in downhill.
- 2012 – Finished tenth in the World Cup downhill standings; five top-ten finishes in downhill
- 2013 – Finished Fourth in the World Cup Downhill Standing
World Cup results
=Season standings=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant | |||||||
| 2006 | 21 | 54 | — | 41 | 51 | 25 | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 38 | — | — | 29 | 21 | 24 |
| 2008 | 23 | 48 | — | 54 | 21 | 39 | 23 |
| 2009 | 24 | 110 | — | — | — | 43 | 42 |
| 2010 | 25 | 56 | — | — | 49 | 17 | 39 |
| 2011 | 26 | 45 | — | — | 32 | 19 | 32 |
| 2012 | 27 | 41 | — | — | 41 | 10 | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 31 | — | — | 34 | 4 | — |
| 2014 | 29 | 28 | — | — | 15 | 18 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 34 | — | — | 29 | 14 | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 37 | — | — | 26 | 15 | 40 |
| 2017 | 32 | 53 | — | — | 54 | 14 | 45 |
| 2018 | 33 | 59 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
- Standings through 4 February 2018
=Podiums=
- 3 podiums – (3 DH)
| class="wikitable"
!Season !Date !Location !Discipline !Place | ||||
| rowspan=2 align=center|2013 | align=right|30 Nov 2012 | rowspan=3|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada | align=center| Downhill | align=center| 2nd |
| align=right|1 Dec 2012 | align=center| Downhill | align=center| 2nd | ||
| align=center|2015 | align=right|6 Dec 2014 | align=center| Downhill | align=center|2nd |
World Championship results
Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]
Off the slopes
On July 13, 2010, Cook toured the oil-stained areas of Louisiana devastated by the BP Oil Spill as part of a Sierra Club-sponsored event involving 10 current and former athletes, which included NASCAR racer Leilani Munter, tennis star Chanda Rubin and NFL stars Ovie Mughelli and Mike Alstott{{cite web|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/1639|title=Cook joins athletes tour of Gulf Coast oil disaster|publisher=Ski Racing.com|date= July 15, 2010}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{FIS alpine skier|11090}}
- [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=11090&type=cups Stacey Cook] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- {{Ski-db|stacey_j_cook_usa_537582}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|co/stacey-cook-1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|stacey-cook}}
- [http://alpine.usskiteam.com/athletes/stacey-cook Stacey Cook] at the U.S. Ski Team
- [http://www.rossignol.com/US/US/stacey-cook_team_RIDERINTER:47z8sirr8ebe_alpine-team.html Stacey Cook] alpine racing at Rossignol
- {{official website|http://staceycook.net/}}
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Category:American female alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for the United States
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Skiers from California
Category:People from Truckee, California
Category:Sportspeople from Nevada County, California