LUDLOW Libby (USA)
26,Aug,1981 Bellevue.WA
162cm / 62kg
SKI: Salomon
BOOTS: Salomon
BINDING: Salomon
StMoritz WM03 DH/Finish
St.Moritz WM03 DH/23rd
LudlowFace,Winstar World Cup Ranking
General
2003 /66th. 2004/59th. 2005/78th, 2006/43rd, 2007/77th,
Special
2003 SG/28th, DH/35th. 2004 DH/35th, SG/25th, GS/46th. 2005 SG/37th. 2006 SG/11th.
2007 DH/57th, GS/37th, SG/30th.
World Championships
2003 St.Moritz DH/23rd.
2007 Are. SG/9th, GS/29th.
Olympic Games
2006 Torino. SG/28th.
World Cup
7. SG: Bad Kleinkirchheim 06,
9. SG: Hafjell 06,
10. SG: Lake Louise 06,
11. SG: Are 04,
12. SG: St.Moritz 06, Are 06,
14. SG: Veysonnaz 04, Reiteralm 07,
GS: Kranjska Gora 07,
15. SG: Altenmarkt 05, Cortina 06,
16. SG: Innsbruck 03-II, Cortina 04-II,
17. SG: Lake Louise 05,
18. SG: Val d'Isere 93, Veysonnaz 04, Sestriere 04, Tarvisio 07,
19. GS: Maribor 04,
20. SG: Cortina 03-I, Aspen 06,
21. DH: Haus 04-I,
SG: Haus 04-I, Val d'Isere 06,
GS: Hafjell 06,
23. SG: San Sicario 07,
24. SG: Cortina 03-II, 04-I,
26. DH: Lake Louisr 03-II,
SG: Innsbruck 03-I,
27. DH: Lake Louise 03-I, Cortina 04,
SG: Lake Louise 07,
28. SG: Cortina 07,
29. SG: Aspen 03, Cortina 03-II,
30. DH: San Sicario 07,
Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), January December 16th - 2003 - America's Libby Ludlow skied again in the top-15 in a downhill training run in Cortina d'Ampezzo where she tries hard to qualify for the coming World Championships in St Moritz. It's the second time that the US skier achieved such a performance. She already was the “winStar of the Race” in Lake Louise .

The 21-year-old Ludlow, from Bellevue, near Seattle , Wa., again clocked the eleventh fastest time in a final practice run as she did last December in Canada where she started in 62nd position. She ended in 17th and 26th places in the downhills there - not as good as she was hoping. She often competed in Lake Louise and she felt ready for much more! In Cortina d'Ampezzo, she wore bib 51 and she is again aiming for a great weekend in Italy's “Classic”. “I need a top-15 place to qualify for St Moritz” explained the young American who is also a newcomer on the World Cup tour after reaching some good results in Continental Cups competitions.
A very determined skier who is still member of the US “C” team following a series of bad knee-injuries, Libby consistently scored points during this season in downhill and Super-G. She aims to enter the top-30 in the start-list rankings before the end of the season.
“It's too bad that some speed races had to be cancelled this month, I was fighting hard to qualify for St Moritz. It's quite tough because our team is very strong now in downhill”. In fact, her teammate Kirsten Clark is one of the top contenders in downhill this winter.
Youngest daughter of an attorney-at-law (father) and an architecture (mother), Libby skies since she walks, mostly in Crystal Mountain, where the World Cup Tour stopped by in 1972 after the Sapporo Olympics. During the off-season, she attends the prestigious Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where she may study engineering in future.
Last summer, she trained with the “A” Team in Portillo, Chile, which helped her to improve her level and reinforce her confidence. She enjoyed the stay in the Andes resort where the 1966 World Championships took place. “We work well together, the US downhill team is really strong and motivated” she explains. She scored her first points in Aspen where she was 29th!
Libby is the second skier after Switzerland's Tamara Mueller to became the “winStar of the Race” this season. Yet her goal is the enter the top-15 also in racing, not only in training.
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