Carrie Sheinberg
Carrie Sheinberg (born November 29, 1972) is an American former alpine skier.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Sheinberg, who is Jewish, was born in New York, New York.[1][3][4] She lives in Port Washington, New York, where she grew up, and in Park City, Utah.[1][3]
A slalom skier, Sheinberg was named to the US Ski Team at the age of 17 and was a team member for eight years. She skied in the slalom event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and was the top US finisher in the event.[1][2][5] She won the US alpine 1995 combined title (in Park City) and 1997 slalom titles, and the 1997 giant slalom at the US Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine.[3][4] She retired in 1998.[3]
Sheinberg then attended the University of Utah, and was a sports reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune.[3] After two years as a producer for ESPN Radio, she worked as a reporter for Sirius Satellite Radio.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nagano Olympics - Athlete profile: Carrie Sheinberg". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. February 3, 1998. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "Carrie Sheinberg Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.org. April 30, 2006. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ Stephen Trimble (July 28, 2008). Bargaining for Eden: the fight for the last open spaces in America. University of California Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780520251113. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carrie Sheinberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Park City, Utah
- American female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for the United States
- Jewish American sportspeople
- University of Utah alumni
- American sports journalists
- People from Port Washington, New York
- Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
- Journalists from New York City
- 20th-century American Jews
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Jews from New York (state)
- Jews from Utah