Ashleigh McIvor
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| Born | September 15, 1983 Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Alma mater | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65.6 kg (145 lb; 10.33 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.ashleighmcivor.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada |
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Ashleigh McIvor (born September 15, 1983 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Pemberton, British Columbia. McIvor is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team and became the first gold medal winner of women's ski cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She is also a former world champion in ski cross and has a second place finish at the Winter X Games to her credit as well.
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Career
McIvor entered ski-cross at a young age, being one of the youngest on the World Cup circuit, and finishing second in her first overall race, she entered the X-Games soon after. She was soon a featured athlete during the X-Games, and became the face of women's ski cross. EXPN followed McIvor around and did a one-hour episode on her and what happens to X-Games athletes behind the scenes. McIvor has participated with fashion photographers, modeled on runways, and secured major sportswear sponsorships because of her popularity.[1]
McIvor started competing in 2003. She has been to four Winter X-Games, with her best finishes being 7th in X-Games 10 and X-Games VII. McIvor won her first World Championship in 2009 at Inawashiro, Japan. She also has four podium finishes on the FIS World Cup circuit to her credit, including a silver medal at Cypress Mountain in 2009, the future site of the Vancouver Olympic Games. McIvor finished third overall on the 2008-09 FIS World Cup season.
Prior to the Winter Olympics, McIvor attended the 2010 Winter X Games as a final tuneup event. There, she and fellow countrywoman Kelsey Serwa managed to finish second and third respectively to Ophélie David. McIvor's silver was her first X Games medal of any colour.[2]
McIvor was a member of Canada's freestyle skiing team at the Vancouver Olympics where ski-cross was making its debut as an official medal event.[3] Ashleigh McIvor successfully qualified for the medal round with the second fastest time. In the finals McIvor got out to a fast start and won with some distance between herself and Hedda Berntsen. With the win McIvor won the first ever Olympic gold medal for ladies' ski cross.[4]
During the next season, McIvor suffered a catastrophic ACL injury in her knee, ending her season while on a practice run at the Winter X Games.[5]
Personal
She had previously studied Business/Marketing[6] at the University of British Columbia.[7] In 2012, she was named by Sportsnet Magazine as one of the 30 Most Beautiful Athletes on the Planet.[8]
References
- ^ "Skicross set to crash Olympic party". National Post. 24 January 2010. http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2419728&p=2. Retrieved 2010-01-13.[dead link]
- ^ "Canadian men sweep X Games ski cross". Montreal Gazette. 31 January 2010. http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/Canadian+sweep+Games+cross/2506177/story.html. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Duncan to Vancouver; Serwa, Del Bosco win gold". CTV News. 24 January 2010. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/worldcupwatch/sport=fr/newsid=27728.html#duncan+vancouver+serwa+del+bosco+gold. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Canada's McIvor wins skicross gold". CBC News. 23 February 2010. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/freestyleskiing/story/2010/02/23/spo-womens-skicross-canadians.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Beverley Smith (27 January 2011). "Knee injury ends Ashleigh McIvor's season". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/knee-injury-ends-ashleigh-mcivors-season/article1884908/. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ Ashleigh McIvor is stoked to race. CTV. 2010-01-25. Event occurs at 0:40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnnFGzTq2bM.
- ^ "Olympic Profile: Ashleigh McIvor". Ubyssey. 2009-11-19. http://ubyssey.ca/sports/olympic-profile-ashleigh-mcivor. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Sportsnet Magazine, March 20, 2012, Volume 2, Number 4, p.60, Steve Maich, Editor in Chief, Rogers Publishing Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
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