Julia Mancuso — American Athlete born on March 09, 1984,

Julia Marie Mancuso is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and was the silver medalist in both downhill and combined in 2010, and the bronze medalist in the combined in 2014. She has also won five medals (two silver and three bronze) at the World Championships and seven races in regular World Cup competition. Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier... (wikipedia)

When I travel, I always have about 40 pairs of skis with me, plus a ski technician and a ski coach.
I find music distracting - it takes me out of my head. What I love so much about skiing is the peacefulness.
The truth is, the sport of skiing takes so much effort, setting up and traveling with equipment, that you can only train for a certain number of days in the summer. Most of my peers ski between 40 to 60 days. I ski about 55 days.
I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium.
My best event is Super-G. I'm competitive in all my events, but Super-G has been most consistent for me.