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| Born | March 21, 1979 Santa Cruz, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Heavenly Ski & Snowboard Fnd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | March 7, 1997 (age 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | May 2006 (age 27)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (1998, 2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 – (1999–2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 9 – (1998–2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (13th in SG, 2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonna Mendes (born March 31, 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events and raced for nine seasons on the World Cup circuit. Mendes competed in two Winter Olympics and four World Championships. She was the bronze medalist in the Super G at the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[3]
Born in Santa Cruz on the California coast, Mendes began skiing at age four when her family moved to the Lake Tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She made her World Cup debut in March 1997 and retired from international competition in May 2006.[2]
Mendes won four U.S. titles: two in giant slalom (2001, 2002) and two in downhill (2004, 2005). The first came at The Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana,[4] but was followed by a broken foot the next day, incurred in a crash near the end of her second run in the slalom.[5] She repeated the next year at Squaw Valley,.[6] She won her first downhill title at Alyeska in Alaska, and won again at Mammoth, in California, the following year.[7][8]
- ^ "U.S. skier Jonna Mendes retires". Bangor Daily News. Maine. May 3, 2006. p. C5.
- ^ a b "World Championships medalist Jonna Mendes retires after 10 seasons". Ski Racing.com. May 2, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ "Clark, Mendes medal in Super-G". MountainZone.com. (U.S. Ski Team). February 3, 2003. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ Corte, Tim (March 28, 2001). "GS victory surprises Mendes". Bangor Daily News. Maine. Associated Press. p. C4.
- ^ "Mendes crashes, needs surgery". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. March 29, 2001. p. 3C.
- ^ "Mendes wins Giant Slalom title". Fayetteville Observer. North Carolina. wire services. March 19, 2002. p. 6C.
- ^ "Freidmann captures downhill title". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. March 20, 2004. p. 3C.
- ^ "The winner and still U.S. downhill champion: Tahoe's Jonna Mendes". Tahoe Daily Tribune. South Lake Tahoe. April 3, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2024.