FACTOIDS
Full Name: Picabo Street
Nickname: Picabo
Birthday: April 3, 1971
Height: 5’7”
Hometown: Triumph, Idaho
Sports: Skiing
PROFILE
Downhill skier Picabo Street literally made her name by defying convention: as a three-year-old her parents let her decide what she'd like to be called. On the slopes things were no different. In 1995 she became the first American to win a downhill season title, an award normally reserved for European athletes. Three years later Picabo again beat the odds: recovering from a severe crash in only eight months and going on to win Olympic gold in Nagano.
After her silver medal performance in the downhill at the 1994 Winter Olympics, a run was named after her at Sun Valley. On the Warm Springs side of Bald Mountain, the expert run formerly known as "Plaza" became "Picabo's Street." Street joined Christin Cooper and Gretchen Fraser as Sun Valley Olympic medalists. (Their named runs are on Seattle Ridge.)
