Emily Cook
EVENT - FREESTYLE SKIING, AERIALS
HEIGHT 5'3"
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OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS
- 2006 Olympic Winter Games -19th
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 11th
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2009 World Championships - fourth
- 2007 World Championships - sixth
- 2005 World Championships - seventh
- 2001 World Championships - 13th
- 1999 World Championships - 18th
PERSONAL
After her mother passed away when Cook was 2, she began skiing at 4 and chose freestyle at 14 while at the Carrabassett Valley Academy in Maine. She also was a gymnast and a diver growing up. Cook made the U.S. Ski Team at 17 and the World Championships team at 19. She qualified for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games but broke and tore ligaments in both feet during training two weeks before the Opening Ceremony. She didn't return to competition for three years.
Her hobbies include reading, SCUBA, fly fishing, rock climbing and yoga. Cook is a supporter of Right to Play and, while injured in 2002, founded the "Visa Champions Creating Champions" mentoring program, which brings winter Olympians from many sports to work with youngsters in their communities.
DID YOU KNOW...?
- Watched the 2002 Olympic aerials competition in her then-hometown of Park City while in a wheelchair, donning a red, white and blue cast complete with stars
