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Norway Picabo Street is an Olympic gold medalist alpine ski racer, known for her accomplishments in speed events and her inspiring resilience.
The publicly traded network services firm inked a sponsorship deal, with Picabo Street doing double duty as a favor.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Listed as a partner of the Picabo Street Academy.
Picabo Street is a member of Team Citi and supports the Team USA Stay on the Slopes Initiative to provide injury prevention technology for athletes.
Street's success led to corporate partnerships including Mountain Dew while she was still actively skiing.
Street's success led to corporate partnerships including ChapStick while she was still actively skiing.
In 1998, Picabo Street signed with Giro Sport Design, which was developing its first winter sports helmet. She toured their facility and provided input.
Picabo Street is involved in a documentary project with Apreś Productions, directed by Lindsey Vonn and Frank Marshall, focused on her life story.
Picabo Street was born on April 3, 1971, in Triumph, Idaho, the daughter of Dee and Roland “Stubby” Street. Her early life on a small farm near Sun Valley, Idaho, fostered her passion for skiing, a sport she began participating in at a young age. Before the age of three, her parents decided to name her after the nearby village of Picabo, a unique identifier that gained recognition as her skiing career progressed. She honed her skills at the local Hailey Ski Team and later attended Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School for a year, where she joined its Rowmark Ski Academy before returning to Sun Valley. These early experiences laid the groundwork for her competitive career in alpine skiing.
Street joined the U.S. Ski Team in 1989 at 17, primarily focusing on downhill and super-G events. Her World Cup debut occurred on December 6, 1992, at age 21, in a slalom race. Early in her career, she achieved significant milestones, including a silver medal in the combined event at the 1993 World Championships in Japan. Her career continued with remarkable success, earning a silver medal in the downhill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Following this achievement, a ski run at Sun Valley was renamed “Picabo’s Street” in her honor. She became the first American woman to win a World Cup season title in a speed event, claiming the downhill title in 1995, and repeated this victory in 1996. The pinnacle of her career arrived at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where she secured a gold medal in the super-G event. This victory was particularly notable as it followed an ACL injury in 1996.
Despite severe injuries, including another ACL tear and a broken left femur in 1998, Street demonstrated remarkable determination, undergoing two years of rehabilitation. She made a comeback to ski racing in late 2000 and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah before retiring from international competition. Her inspirational journey, marked by both triumphs and profound challenges, has been documented in her 2001 autobiography, “Picabo: Nothing to Hide,” which also sheds light on the pressures athletes face. Street was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2004, recognizing her enduring impact on American alpine skiing.
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