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2006
U.S. Ski Team Athlete Bios |
| LINDSEY KILDOW
A Team
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| Ussa Id: 4972386 |
Height: 5-10 ft/
1.75 m |
Weight: 175 lb/
79 kg |
| Birthdate: 10/18/84 |
Birthplace: St. Paul, MN |
Hometown: Vail, CO |
| Years on Team: 6th |
School: Independent study (Missouri) |
Sponsors: Vail Resorts, Nike, McDonald's, Red Bull |
| Equipment: Rossignol, Uvex, The Booster Strap |
Club: Ski & Snowboard Club Vail/Buck Hill |
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| Highlights |
- 2005: First World Cup win, five other top-3s
- 1st and 5th in DH, 3rd in SG at Lake Louise
- 2004: First World Cup podium
- 5th, 3rd in Cortina '04 DHs
- Three U.S. titles, three Junior Worlds medals
- 6th in ’02 Olympic combined
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| Biography |
Vail's Lindsey Kildow is a first-rate four-event ski racer. She's the only American to win at Italy's Trofeo Topolino (the so-called Junior-Junior Worlds - for skids 11-14) and earn Junior Worlds medals and U.S. titles - all of it while a teenager; and then six weeks after she turned 20, Kildow produced her first World Cup victory.
Update
Kildow followed her breakthrough 2004 season (including her first World Cup podium) with an even bigger Winter '05. She collected her first World Cup victory ("My goal for the season was to win, so it was great that I did it in the first [DH] race," she said) adding five other top-3s.
She finished the season ranked sixth in the overall World Cup rankings, which is the best since 1996 when Picabo Street was sixth (Street was fifth in '95). Kildow finished 3rd in the super G ranks, which is best U.S. women's results since Caroline Lalive was sixth in 2002, Kildow ranked sixth in the DH rankings is best ranking since Kirsten Clark was third in 2003 rankings. Her results triggered a confidence transfusion, she said, and upon reflection, Kildow said she may have learned even more in handling the deep frustration of two oh-so-close fourth-place finishes at Worlds Championships. Even greater consistency - which should translate to even greater success - is the primary goal for the Olympic season.
Start-Up
Growing up in the Twin Cities area, Kildow was on skis at 2 before moving into Erich Sailer’s renowned program at Buck Hill. She commuted to Vail for a couple of years before the Kildows moved to Vail in the late Nineties. Her father, a three-time U.S. junior champion, hopes his daughter would follow in his footsteps. Lindsey said she wanted the same thing, and remembers “wanting to be the best” since she was 6.
First World Cup
Nov. 18, 2000, in Park City, UT (did not qualify for 2nd run)
Olympics/Worlds Experience
2005 Worlds - 4th in DH, 4th in combined, 9th in SG; 2002 Olympics - sixth in combined, 32nd in SL
Injuries
2003 – Left hip strain in early season crash caused her to miss nearly four weeks of racing and a shot at the World Championships.
Personal
“Kildon”...She’s an older sister to triplets – two brothers and a sister – and another sister...Mom and Dad are lawyers...She’s lost track of the times she’s seen “Gladiator” (“Definitely the best movie of all time!”)... Loves writing and keeps a journal… For good luck, often wears jewelry her father gave her during races and keeps special shirts to race in that she thinks are fast.
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