Isabella Wright (born February 10, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer from Salt Lake City, Utah.[1][2] She focuses on the speed events of downhill and super-G, and made her World Cup debut in December 2019 in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1997 American Fork, Utah, U.S. |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined |
| Club | Snowbird Sports Education Foundation |
| World Cup debut | December 6, 2019 (age 22) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2022) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 2 – (2021, 2023) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 3 – (2021–2023) |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Overall titles | 0 – (46th in 2023) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (17th in DH, 2023) |
Wright represented the United States at the World Championships in 2021 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; just outside the top twenty in the downhill and super-G, she was fourteenth in the combined, won by teammate Mikaela Shiffrin.
She represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[3] and finished 21st in the super-G event.
World Cup results edit
Season standings edit
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | 70 | — | — | 41 | 30 | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 88 | — | — | 52 | 33 | |
| 2023 | 26 | 46 | — | — | 41 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 27 | 70 | — | — | 37 | 29 |
Top fifteen finishes edit
- 0 podiums, 2 top tens (2 DH)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 Feb 2021 |  Val di Fassa, Italy |
Downhill | 14th |
| 2022 | 27 Feb 2022 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Downhill | 10th |
| 2023 | 2 Dec 2022 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 13th |
| 17 Dec 2022 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Downhill | 11th | |
| 20 Jan 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Downhill | 11th | |
| 4 Mar 2023 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | 12th | |
| 15 Mar 2023 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Downhill | 7th | |
| 2024 | 12 Dec 2023 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Downhill | 12th |
World Championship results edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | — | — | 22 | 21 | 14 |
| 2023 | 26 | — | — | DNF | 19 | 13 |
Olympic results edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | — | — | 21 | — | DNF2 |
References edit
- ^ "Alpine Skiing - Athlete: Isabella Wright". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Isabella Wright". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ OlympicTalk (2022-01-22). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
External links edit
- Isabella Wright at FIS (alpine)
- Isabella Wright at Olympedia
- Isabella Wright at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Isabella Wright at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Isabella Wright at U.S. Ski Team
