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Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese descent. She competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. | Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese descent. She competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. | ||
Season highlights | |||
== Season highlights == | |||
Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboarding when she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy. | Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboarding when she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy. | ||
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Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado). | Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado). | ||
Career highlights | |||
== Career highlights == | |||
Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden. | Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden. | ||
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Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. | Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. | ||
Noteworthy | |||
== Noteworthy == | |||
Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes. | Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes. | ||
During the 2010 Olympics, she almost wasn't able to compete because sports Canada pulled her funding after they stated "that she had not shown the necessary improvement to receive an $18,000 stipend" because of a knee injury suffered in 2007. Kin's Farm Market, a local grocery chain decided to help raise the necessary funds and began to sell reusable bags with Loo’s face on them for a $1 each. The fund raising endeavour was a success raising a total of $20 000 and allowing Alexa to compete in the Vancouver Olympics. Loo placed 12th in the parallel giant slalom, the best ever Olympic showing by a Canadian in the event [http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/03/canadian-grocers-help-olympian-realize-her-dreams/] | |||
'''Twitter:''' https://twitter.com/alexaloo | |||
{{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Loo}} | {{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Loo}} | ||