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At that time she was working as an advocate for abused children as well as an ambassador for a women's birth control procedure, which she had herself undergone. Filming was slated begin in in Argentina. Street crashed, snapping her left femur and tearing the ACL in her right knee. Olimpiadi [ modifica modifica wikitesto ]. Over the decades, the Olympics have produced celebrities.

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She performed well on the show American Gladiators , where Street used her strength to defeat the gladiator character "Ice" in a couple of events. By , according to " The Today Show ," for whom she worked as a special correspondent, she'd given birth to her third child. National Champions , in Outstanding Women Athletes. Portale Biografie.

Coppa del Mondo [ modifica modifica wikitesto ]. Street was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Use mdy dates from June Pages using infobox sportsperson with textcolor Commons category link is on Wikidata. She spoke with the senior manufacturing engineer, a long-time skier himself, about the progression of equipment, signing a prototype helmet for him as she left.

As Britannica notes, the Idaho-born skier made history in the Winter Olympics, enjoyed a brief period of celebrity, and then faded from the spotlight. Her parents decided to let Picabo choose her own name when she was old enough, so for the first two years of her life she was called "baby girl" or "little girl". Collegamenti esterni [ modifica modifica wikitesto ].

Olympic results [ edit ]. Picabo Street is considered the greatest female power and speed skiier in American history. Her brother Roland, Jr. Boone, Idaho place names: a geographical dictionary.

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I see you! United States. Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons. After two years of rehab she returned to the ski circuit and raced again at the Winter Olympics before retiring. By winning the downhill title, she became the first American to win a World Cup season title in a speed event. In she signed with Giro Sport Design which was then developing its first winter sports helmet.

URL consultato il 10 maggio Medal record. She primarily competed in the speed events of downhill and super G , with her World Cup debut at age 21 in a slalom on December 6 World Championship results [ edit ].