Picabo Street

Picabo Street
Picabo Street in October 1999
Personal information
Born (1971-04-03) April 3, 1971 (age 53)
Triumph, Idaho, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
World Cup debutDecember 6 1992
(age 21)
RetiredFebruary 2002 (age 30)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1994, 1998, 2002)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams2 – (1993, 1996)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (1993 -2002)
(injured 1999, 2000)
Wins9 – (9 DH)
Podiums17 – (15 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles0 – (5th, 1995)
Discipline titles2 – (DH: 1995, 1996)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Super-G
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1993 Morioka Combined
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Sierra Nevada Super-G

Picabo Street (/ˈpkəb/; born April 3, 1971) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the super G at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the downhill at the 1996 World Championships, along with three other Olympic and World Championship medals. Street also won World Cup downhill season titles in 1995 and 1996, the first American woman to do so, along with nine World Cup downhill race wins. Street was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2004.