Alexa Loo
Encyclopedia
Alexa Loo is a Canadian snowboard
er of Chinese descent. She competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006
and 2010 Winter Olympics
.
(FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes.
Snowboard
Snowboards are boards, usually with a width the length of one's foot, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user...
er of Chinese descent. She competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006
Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe, Parallel Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross events.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:...
and 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics
The snowboarding competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain. The events were held between the 15th and 27th February 2010.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Competition Schedule:...
.
Season highlights
- Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboardingSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
when she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. - Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beau port, QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. - Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado)Copper Mountain (Colorado)Copper Mountain is a mountain located in Summit County, Colorado, about west of Denver on Interstate 70. Opened in late 1972, its most notable use is as a ski resort, owned and operated by Intrawest until Dec...
.
Career highlights
- Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden.
- 16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan.
- 17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.
- Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia.
- 14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria.
- Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Noteworthy
Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski FederationInternational Ski Federation
The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski is the main international organisation for ski sports...
(FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes.