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    Sarah HENDRICKSON

    United States
    • Gender: Female
    • Nationality: United States
    • Birthday: 1 August 1994
    • Age: 19
    • Height: 1.61 m (5' 3'')
    • Weight: 44 kg / 97 lbs
    • Place of Birth: United States, SALT LAKE CITY
    • Place of Residence: -
    Ski Jumping
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    Athlete competitions and results

    • 11 February, 21:30 Ladies' Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
    • Sarah HENDRICKSON
      Total Points: 112.4
    • Rank: 19
    • 11 February, 22:22 Ladies' Normal Hill Individual Final Round
    • Sarah HENDRICKSON
      Total Points: 217.6
    • Rank: 21

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    World Championships
    1Normal Hill Individual2013Val di Fiemme, ITA253.7
    6Mixed Normal Hill Team2013Val di Fiemme, ITA938.4
    16Normal Hill Individual2011Oslo, NOR177.0

    World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    SeasonOverall
    2012/20132
    2011/20121

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonNH-IndividualLarge Hill IndividualNH-Team
    2012/20133 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 5th
    2011/20129 x 1st--

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Junior World Championships
    2Normal Hill Individual2012Erzurum, TUR265.0
    6Normal Hill Individual2013Liberec, CZE241.0
    8Ladies' Normal Hill Team2013Liberec, CZE617.0


    Legend
    NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Nickname: Giggles (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 28 Feb 2013)
    • Occupation: Athlete
    • Coach: Alan Alborn [national] (USA) (olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 22 Jan 2014)
    • Injuries: In August 2013 she suffered a right knee injury in a crash landing during training in Oberstdorf, Germany. She required surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL], medial collateral ligament [MCL] and meniscus. She returned to full training in January 2014. (espn.go.com, 01 Oct 2013; fis-ski.com, 21 Jan 2014)

      She had a knee injury that she returned from just before the 2013 World Championships. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 28 Feb 2013)

      She had knee surgery in 2012 to repair cartilage in her knee. (rantsports.com, 30 Jan 2014)

      She suffered a knee injury while training in 2011, requiring five months of rehabilitation. (espn.go.com, 04 Jan 2013)
    • Hobbies: Running, skiing, cycling, reading, football, hiking, slacklining. (rantsports.com, 30 Jan 2014)
    • Languages Spoken: English
    • Sporting Relatives: Her older brother Nick has represented the United States in Nordic combined. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 28 Feb 2013)

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    She began skiing at age two. At age seven she watched the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and was inspired to begin ski jumping at the Utah Olympic Park near Park City, UT, United States. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 28 Feb 2013)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    "My brother started jumping when he was eight in an after-school programme. After watching him do it for two years I got tired of watching him and decided to try it myself." (theskichannel.com, 18 Mar 2013)

    Ambitions
    To compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (outsideonline.com, 11 Mar 2013)

    Training
    A normal day of training includes a couple of hours in the gym or jumping. Jumping includes anywhere from five to eight jumps. Gym strength includes a lot of lower body work such as squats and plyometrics. (outsideonline.com, 11 Mar 2013)

    Most memorable sporting achievement
    Winning gold at the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy. (berkutschi.com, 27 Feb 2013)

    Hero
    US ski jumper Lindsey Van. (blogs.fasterskier.com, 03 Dec 2011)

    Most influential person in career
    Her brother Nick. (outsideonline.com, 11 Mar 2013)

    Superstitions / Rituals
    She ties her left boot first before a jump. (rantsports.com, 30 Jan 2014)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "I believe working hard always pays off in the end. When looking back, every day of training is worth the good result - not just focusing on the result at the end of the day but how you have grown as a person to get where you are today." (usskiteam.com, 15 Mar 2013)

    Awards
    She won the 2013 Olympian of the Year Award at the Utah Governor's State of Sport Awards. (stateofsportawards.com, 06 Apr 2013)

    General
    SKI NATION
    She founded Ski Nation, a mobile application that creates an online skiing network, with other ski athletes including Bode Miller and Ted Ligety. (rantsports.com, 30 Jan 2014)

    GENDER FIRST
    She won the first women's ski jump World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, in December 2011. She was also the first competitor to jump when the event made its Olympic debut at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (espn.go.com, 03 Dec 2011; insidethegames.biz, 11 Feb 2014)

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