Alexa Loo
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Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese-Canadian descent. The Richmond, British Columbia native's major event is the parallel giant slalom.
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[edit] Season Highlights
- Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboarding when she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy.
- Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beauport, Quebec.
- Gold medallist in PGS at the NorAm Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado).
[edit] 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.
[edit] Quotations
"I feel great, everything fell into place today," said Loo. "I was focused and I was there to do a job. It was wonderful. With the Olympics around the corner this is a big confidence boost. It was my last World Cup before the Games and it was great to be on the podium and be re-assured that I can compete at that level. I think I can repeat this performance at the Olympics."
- - Loo talking to the press after her World Cup bronze medal performance in Italy this year.
[edit] Noteworthy
Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes.
