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Julia Mancuso Biography

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Julia Mancuso is an American ski racer, born on March 9, 1984. She has achieved significant success in the sport of alpine skiing, winning multiple Olympic medals and World Cup titles.

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“I come to Maui and go surfing, standup paddling, slacklining, swimming, and free-diving.”

Swimming Surfing Diving Maui Paddling Free Diving

Author:Julia Mancuso

“The moment I think about past letdowns or future hypotheticals, I mentally put myself on shaky ground. If I clear my mind of chatter, I can succeed, just like I did in 2006.”

Ifs Thinking Mind I Can Moments Past Clear Succeed Chatter Letdowns

Author:Julia Mancuso

“Our sport is really European, so you get to show off what you do to your friends and family and they can actually follow along.”

Sports Family And Friends Showing Off

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“I really think positive and hope that everything works out. Because you can't really change anything.”

Thinking Work Out Things Work Out

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“I think of how most people only get three weeks of vacation a year. And that, for me, seems like it would be really hard. My life feels like a vacation.”

People Thinking Week Vacation

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“We're really friendly. The cool thing about skiing is you're competing against the clock. Even though you're competing against your teammates, it's not head-to-head. And we can all do better. You can always do better. You never really have a perfect run. And someone beats you. So you can't really blame anyone.”

Running Perfect Blame Clock Friendly Competing Teammate Skiing

Author:Julia Mancuso

“For me, it really just feels calm. When you're going fast on a downhill course, it's typically where it's wide open. I think it's kind of like driving a car. If you're going really fast and it's straight, everything seems to slow down. In general, racing downhill involves bigger turns and everything sort of slows down and you have a lot of time to think.”

Thinking Kind Car Calm Driving Racing Slow Down Time To Think

Author:Julia Mancuso

“It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote skiing and show everyone it's not just about competition. It's about having fun with your friends in the snow. I want to bring people with less opportunities to the snow, try to use my gold medal to support programs to bring more people to the snow.”

People Want Trying Use Shows Lasts Asks Opportunity Fun Support Forever Program Gold Competition Snow Having Fun Ask Me Medal Gold Medals Skiing

Author:Julia Mancuso

“To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.”

World Hard Whole Spirit Careers Magic Hard Work Competition Athlete Whole World Best Athlete Olympic Spirit

Author:Julia Mancuso

“I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.”

Running Risk Safe

Author:Julia Mancuso

About the Author

Born: March 9, 1984
Known for: Racer
Quotes: 10

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