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Donna Weinbrecht

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Donna Weinbrecht
Personal information
BornApril 23, 1965 (1965-04-23) (age 59)
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville Moguls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Lake Placid Moguls
Silver medal – second place 1989 Oberjoch Moguls
Silver medal – second place 1997 Iizuna Kogen Moguls

Donna L. Weinbrecht (born April 23, 1965)[1] won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing, which were held at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Weinbrecht grew up in West Milford, New Jersey.[2] She was also World Champion in 1991 and a five-time World Cup moguls season champion (1990–92, 1994, and 1996).

She was born in Hoboken, New Jersey[1] and attended West Milford High School, where she formed the school's first ski team.[3]

Weinbrecht's first sport was figure skating. While she was a competent skater, her family couldn't afford the cost of coaching. She learned to ski at Hidden Valley in Vernon Township, New Jersey and Vernon Valley / Great Gorge and spent most weekends skiing at Hidden Valley with her family.[3] The family now invested in skiing bought a house in Killington Vermont and Donna trained on the Mogul trails of Killington, especially The Great mogul trail Outer Limits . Donna can still be seen at Killington regularly hosting mogul training camps and recreational skiing .

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Donna Weinbrecht". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ Anderson, Dave. "Sports of The Times; The Olympics Don't Need Us vs. Them", The New York Times, February 16, 1992. Accessed October 17, 2007. "That's what Donna Weinbrecht of West Milford, N.J., did in winning the first women's gold medal in a new Olympic sport, freestyle mogul skiing."
  3. ^ a b Bondy, Filip. "Skiing: Albertville Profile; Spin Control at a Very High Speed", The New York Times, December 11, 1991. Accessed July 7, 2023. "Eventually, she formed her own ski team at West Milford High School."
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  • FIS-ski.com - results - Donna Weinbrecht - 1988–2002
  • FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Donna Weinbrecht - 1988-2002


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