Jonna Mendes

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Jonna Mendes
Alpine skier
DisciplinesDownhill, Super G
ClubHeavenly Ski &
Snowboard Fnd
Born (1979-03-21) March 21, 1979 (age 42)
Santa Cruz, California
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
World Cup debutMarch 7, 1997 (age 17)
RetiredMay 2006 (age 27)[1][2]
Olympics
Teams2 – (1998, 2002)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (1999–2005)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons9 – (1998–2006)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2003)
Discipline titles0 – (13th in SG, 2003)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 St. Moritz Super G
Junior World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Pra-Loup Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1998 Megève Downhill

Jonna Mendes (born March 31, 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events and raced for nine seasons on the World Cup circuit. Mendes competed in two Winter Olympics and four World Championships. She was the bronze medalist in the Super G at the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[3]

Born in Santa Cruz on the California coast, Mendes began skiing at age four when her family moved to the Lake Tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She made her World Cup debut in March 1997 and retired from international competition in May 2006.[2]

Mendes won three U.S. titles: two in giant slalom (2001, 2002) and one in downhill (2004). The first came at The Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana,[4] but was followed by a broken foot the next day, incurred in a crash near the end of her second run in the slalom.[5] She repeated the next year at her home venue of Squaw Valley,[6] and won the last at Alyeska in Alaska.[7]

After racing[]

In 2011, Mendes became the recruiting coordinator for the new Sun Valley Ski Academy in Sun Valley, Idaho. She attended college in New York City and had been working with the U.S. Ski Team's national alpine development system for the previous four years.[8][9][10]

World Cup results[]

Top ten finishes[]

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2001 Nov 30, 2000 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 10th
Dec 1, 2000 Downhill 6th
2002 Dec 1, 2001 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 10th
2003 Nov 29, 2002 Aspen, USA Super G 10th
Dec 6, 2002 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 9th
Dec 8, 2002 Super G 9th
Jan 17, 2003 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super G 8th
Jan 18, 2003 Downhill 5th
Feb 28, 2003 Innsbruck, Austria Super G 8th
2004 Dec 20, 2003 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 5th

Season standings[]

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
1998 18 105 — — 47 — —
1999 19 77 — — 42 40 —
2000 20 65 — — 44 28 13
2001 21 37 — — 29 17 —
2002 22 67 — — 24 29 —
2003 23 25 — 53 13 16 —
2004 24 64 — — 50 23 —
2005 25 64 — — 35 26 —
2006 26 100 — — 58 50 —

World Championship results[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super G Downhill Combined
1999 19 — — 26 25 9
2001 21 — — 18 20 9
2003 23 — — 3 6 —
2005 25 — — — 12 —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super G Downhill Combined
1998 18 — — 32 17 14
2002 22 — — 16 11 —

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. skier Jonna Mendes retires". Bangor Daily News. Maine. May 3, 2006. p. C5.
  2. ^ a b "World Championships medalist Jonna Mendes retires after 10 seasons". Ski Racing.com. May 2, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Clark, Mendes medal in Super-G". MountainZone.com. (U.S. Ski Team). February 3, 2003. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Corte, Tim (March 28, 2001). "GS victory surprises Mendes". Bangor Daily News. Maine. Associated Press. p. C4.
  5. ^ "Mendes crashes, needs surgery". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. March 29, 2001. p. 3C.
  6. ^ "Mendes wins giant slalom title". Fayetteville Observer. North Carolina. wire services. March 19, 2002. p. 6C.
  7. ^ "Freidmann captures downhill title". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. March 20, 2004. p. 3C.
  8. ^ Williams, Eric (October 11, 2011). "Mendes joins Sun Valley Ski Academy staff". Ski Racing.com. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  9. ^ "Jonna Mendes named Ski Academy recruiting director". Idaho Mountain Express. Ketchum. October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  10. ^ Cordes, Jeff (December 13, 2013). "Ski Academy a good fit for Jonna Mendes". Idaho Mountain Express. Ketchum. Retrieved December 12, 2015.

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