Special Guests

Sarah Schleper retired from the World Cup in December and we will be celebrating her career in Winter Park.
A Colorado native Sarah Schleper began racing with Ski Club Vail at age 11 and just five years later made her World Cup debut—in Vail, no less. In between, she won five Junior Olympic gold medals and was the Whistler Cup slalom champ in 1994. The only American female four-time alpine Olympian, Schleper missed the 2007 season to rehab from ACL surgery and spent 2008 welcoming her son Lasse (born Jan. 30, 2008) into the world with her husband Federico Gaxiola. She returned to the U.S. Ski Team lineup full-time to open the 2009 season, made the 2010 Olympic Team, and continued to charge on the World Cup tour into her 30s. As the preeminent example of hard work, Schleper traveled the World Cup tour for the third consecutive season with her husband and young son—balancing family, training, and racing along the way.



