Featured Picture: Sarah Schleper competing within the Olympic Winter Video games. Credit score: GEPA
In the newest episode of the Snowboarding is Believing podcast, hosts Alan and Matt had the distinct honor of welcoming Sarah Schleper, a former U.S. World Cup alpine ski racer who has since transitioned to a Mexican all-rounder.
Schleper recounted her exceptional experiences with the Stifel US Ski Group, highlighting her achievements that encompassed 4 podium finishes within the FIS World Cup and a notable slalom victory in Lenzerheide in 2005. In reflecting on her profitable tenure with the crew, she elaborated on the distinctive alternatives she needed to prepare alongside Lindsey Vonn and a younger Mikaela Shiffrin.
In the middle of the 2009 World Championships, Sarah remembers conversing with Hubertus Von Hohenlohe, who has lengthy served because the male consultant for Mexico at each the World Championships and the Olympic Video games. Their dialogue centered round her potential transition following her marriage to her Mexican husband the earlier 12 months.
Upon her preliminary retirement from ski racing, Sarah skied, memorably in a summer season outfit, earlier than choosing up her four-year-old son midway down the mountain. Concerning this race, Schleper instructed Snowboarding is Believing the pondering behind the gown and the way she felt it completely expressed her persona.
Schleper additionally instructed the listeners the explanation behind the return to ski racing forward of the 2014/15 season and now displays on 10 years with Group Mexico. She additionally regarded forward promisingly to the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, when she’s going to race in her eleventh World Championship, and she’s going to enhance on her 21 WSC begins.
When Matt requested what Sarah’s objective is for the rest of her profession, she responded, “To be on the opening ceremony of the 2026 Olympics with my teenage son.”
That is an achievement that she is about on and definitely hopes that her son can qualify because the primary or second Mexican male racer.
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