| CLARK Kirsten L (USA) |
23.04.1977. Portland, ME
Hometown: Raymond,ME
170cm / 65kg |
SKI: Fischer
BOOTS: Salomon
BINDING: Marker
2007 Retired
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| St.Anton WM 2001. Super-G/ 8th |
| Lenzelheide 01 DH/ 1st |
PentaPhoto |
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| St.Moritz WM03 SG/2nd |
Park City 03 GS |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1997/109th, 1998/75th, 1999/70th, 2000/60th, 2001/30th, 2002/29th, 2003/9th,
2004/13th, 2005/30th, 2006/23rd, 2007/51st.
Special
2000 DH/27th, SG/32nd. 2002 DH/16th, SG/11th, GS/32nd.
2003 DH/3rd, SG/10th, GS/25th. 2004 DH/9th, SG/16th, GS/20th.
2005 DH/15th, SG/24, GS/47th. 2006 DH/18th. 2007 DH/23rd, SG/32nd.
World Championships
1997 Sestriere SG/24th,
1999 Vail/Beaver Creek. DH/16th, GS/22nd.
2001 St.Anton DH/12th, SG/8th.
2003 St.Moeitz SG/2nd, DH/19th, GS/DNF.
2005 Bormio/Santa Caterina. SG/10th, DH/DNS.
2007 Are. DH/15th, SG/20th.
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano DH/28th, K/18th.
2002 Salt Lake City DH/12th, SG/14th, GS/26th.
2006 Torino SG/14th.
World Cup 1 w. (1 DH)
| 1. |
DH: |
Lenzerheide 01 |
| 2. |
DH: |
Cortina 03, |
| 3. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 03-I, Lenzerheide 03, Lillehammer 03, Lake Louise 04-I, |
| SG: |
St. Moritz 02, |
| GS: |
Lienz 04, |
| 4. |
DH: |
Veysonnaz 04, |
| SG: |
Aspen 03, Lake Louise 03, 04, Bad Kleinkirchheim 06, |
| 5. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 03-II, Cortina 04-II, |
| SG: |
Aspen 06, |
| 6. |
DH: |
Cortina 04-I, |
| SG: |
Val d'Isere 03, Megeve 04, |
| 7. |
SG: |
Lenzerheide 01, Lillehammer 03, Lake Louise 06, |
| 8. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 02, Altenmarkt 02, Cortina 05-I, Tarvisio 07, |
| SG: |
Garmisch 01, Val d'Isere 06, |
| 9. |
GS: |
Copper Mt. 02, |
| DH: |
Sta.Caterina 01, Lake Louise 01, |
| SG: |
Innsbruck 03-II, Cortina 04-II, |
| 10. |
DH: |
Cortina 05-II, |
| SG: |
Altenmarkt 02, |
| 11. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 02, Saalbach 02, Lake Louise 05, Lenzerheide 05,
Bad Kleinkirchheim 06-I, |
| SG: |
Lenzerheide 05, |
| 12. |
DH: |
Cortina 06, |
| SG: |
Val D'Isere 98, santa Caterina 05-I+II, Cortina 06, |
| 13. |
DH: |
St.Moritz 01, Cortina 02, Val d'Isere 07, |
| GS: |
Park City 03, |
| 14. |
DH: |
Lenzerheide 01, Lake Louise 01, 04-II, Are 06, |
| SG: |
Cortina 03-I+II, |
| GS: |
Lillehammer 03, |
| K: |
Lenzerheide 03, |
| 15. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 07-I, Cortina 07, |
| SG: |
Are 06, San Sicario 07, |
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Did Kirsten Clark skip a step or two on the way to her first World Cup victory?
She bagged the first World Cup top-10 of her career during Winter ‘00 and as the
speed events opened last season grabbed a top-10 at Lake Louise.
And
after posting the fastest time in the combined event’s downhill race at the
World Championships in St. Anton last February, "Clarky" captured her inaugural
World Cup triumph two weeks after the championships, taking a downhill in
Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
But shouldn’t she have had a top-5, or maybe
even a top-3 before the victory? No problem for Clark, the no-nonsense racer
with the blue-collar work ethic. Her combined DH performance (she finished 10th
overall in combined) convinced her she’s ready to win World Cup races. Her
confidence - the one ingredient lacking - is at an alltime high. No more
self-doubt, she said ("I’ve got that win in my back pocket all the
time").
Comment: "The combined race showed me I could win. I mean, I’ve
always felt I could ski well with the best girls, but I’m not sure I really
believed I could beat them. But when I ‘won’ that combined downhill, I started
thinking, ‘Y’know, you can win -- not just do well, but win!’ And I do believe
it. I know I can beat the other girls."
Coachquote: "Clarky’s such a hard
worker and really deserves all the success she gets. The only down side, I
guess, is she’s no longer a darkhorse. When Michaela Dorfmeister sticks around
to follow Clarky, who’s running 30th, in the downhill [at Worlds] to see if she
holds onto that gold medal, that tells me a lot. It tells me she knows Kirsten
is at that level now...that she can win." -- Jim Tracy
Start-up: On skis
at Sugarloaf when she was 3, she was racing by 7. A Junior Olympics national
champ in ‘94, she was Nor Am GS champ in ‘97 before starting to focus on speed
events. Her downhill win at the Chevy Truck U.S. Alpine Championships in Montana
last March made her the first skier, male or female, to win four consecutive
national DH titles.
Text: US Ski Team |
Biorama Basel |
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