Alexa Loo

Biography

2006 Olympian … Has raced at six WC, earning her two best finishes last year in Gangwon, KOR … Has won three World Cup medals … 14 Nor-Am Cup medals, including nine gold medals … One gold and three silver medals on the Europa Cup tour … Four-time National Championship medallist … 2002 national giant slalom champion.

GETTING TO KNOW…

Does volunteer work for sport organizations such as the COC and AthletesCAN to make sport better for everyone in Canada … Always wears something red on race day … Uncle, Ted Hunt, played with Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions and was a Canadian ski jumper and aunt, Helen Stewart Hunt, was a Canadian record holder in swimming … Both were inducted into B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.

World Championship (WC) Results

2009 (Gangwon, KOR): 8th – parallel slalom; 12th – parallel giant slalom 2007 (Arosa, SUI): 30th – parallel giant slalom; 31st – parallel slalom 2005 (Whistler, CAN): 20th – parallel giant slalom; 34th – parallel slalom 2003 (Kreischberg, AUT): 13th – parallel giant slalom; 34th – parallel slalom 2001 (Madonna di Campiglio, ITA): 26th – giant slalom; 42nd – parallel slalom; 44th – parallel giant slalom 1999 (Berchtesgaden, GER): 31st – parallel slalom; 33rd – parallel giant slalom; 46th – giant slalom

Career Notes

2009-10: Won World Cup silver medal in Kreischberg, AUT (01/06/10) … Won silver and bronze on Nor-Am Cup circuit. 2008-09: Captured World Cup bronze in Sunday River, USA (2/26/2009) … Three-time Nor-Am Cup titlist in Copper, USA, Mt. Tremblant, Que and in parallel slalom in Mt. Tremblant, Que. … Had her two best results at a WC in Gangwon, KOR. (1/21/2009) … 2007-08: Won at Copper, USA (11/16/2007 – slalom) and Mt. Hood Meadows, USA (3/23/2008 – parallel slalom) on the Nor-Am Cup tour … Also Nor-Am Cup silver and silver on the Europa Cup … Best World Cup finish was 6th … 2006-07: Competed at the 2007 WC … Won the Nor-Am Cup race at Steamboat Springs, USA (1/5/2007) … Earned two top-10 results on the World Cup circuit. 2005-06: Competed at her first Olympic Winter Games, finishing 20th … Won her first World Cup medal – bronze in parallel giant slalom at Kronplatz, ITA (1/15/2006) … Four top-10 finishes on the World Cup circuit and two more wins on the Nor-Am Cup … 1996-05: Competed at four WC, top result 13th in parallel GS in 2005 … Won four Nor-Am Cup and three Europa Cup medals, as well as five National Championship medals