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Alex Wubbels
Alexandra Luise Wubbels (née Shaffer; born January 23, 1976) is an American nurse and former Olympian. As an alpine ski competitor, she was the national champion in both the Slalom and Giant Slalom in 1999, and competed in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics as Alex Shaffer. In July 2017, she was involved in an incident during which she prevented police from unlawfully obtaining blood from an unconscious patient in her care. Early life Wubbels graduated from Salt Lake City's non-profit, Rowland K-12 school in 1994, participating in the Rowmark Ski Academy. She earned a nursing degree from the University of Utah. Career Olympic skier Competing in the alpine skiing events at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, Alex Shaffer finished 9th in the Women's Combined and did not finish in the Women's Giant Slalom. She also competed in the Alpine Skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she finished 28th in the Women's Giant Slalom. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below above sea level on the Western Slope, west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse of the silver market. For the next half-century, known as "the quiet years", the population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of fewer than 1000 by 1930. Aspen's fortunes recovered in the mid-20th century when neighboring Aspen Mountain was developed into a ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
