Julia Mancuso - SpeedyLook encyclopedia

Descent: 2 victories (Valley of Isere ( France ), Tarvisio Italy )).
Combined: 1 victory ( Zauchensee ( Austria )).
Super G: 1 victory ( Cortina d' Ampezzo ( Italy )).

Julia Mancuso , born the March 9th 1984 with Squaw Valley, is a alpine skier American which was Olympic champion giant slalom in 2006 with Turin.

Biography

General-purpose skier, it points out herself in championships of the world juniors during three years, first of all in 2002 where it becomes world champion juniors in descent, giant slalom and combined, then in 2003 it gains super G and a bronze medal in descent and finally in 2004 it gains compound and a bronze medal in super G.

As a senior, his beginnings in world cup goes back to the November 20th 1999 with Copper Mountain at the time of a slalom but it will register its first points the January 20th 2001 with Cortina d' Ampezzo with a 27e place and reaches its first signal 10 the March 6th 2002 with Altenmarkt in descent by taking the fifth place. Finally, it will take down the first two podiums as a senior at the time of the Championnats of the world of 2005 with Bormio by gaining the bronze medal in super G and slalom, whereas it is necessary to await the January 27th 2006 with Cortina d' Ampezzo to see it on a podium out of world cup and the December 19th 2006 to finally gain a test of world cup with Val of Isere at the time of a descent, but meanwhile it becomes Olympic champion giant slalom with Turin the February 24th 2006.

Integrating gradually signal 10 of the best skiers of the world since 2005 thanks to this versatility which enables him to be aligned on any type of test, Mancuso (called Super Jules ) announces like a serious candidate in the race of the crystal ball starting from 2007, year when it is essential on three recoveries in three different disciplines (compound, descent and super G).