Alexa Loo (born October 6, 1972) is a Canadian

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er and city council member for

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. As a snowboarder, she competed in the parallel giant slalom at the

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and

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Snowboarding career highlights

*Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine

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when she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel

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(PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones,

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. *Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beauport,

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. *Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in

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. *Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden. *16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan. *17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy. *Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia. *14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria. *Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Loo served as the athlete representative to the

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(FIS) and for many years sat on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes. She graduated from the

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, where she competed as both a rower and swimmer for the Thunderbirds, in 1994.

Work in local politics

Loo was elected as a city councillor for

in the 2014 municipal elections, and was re-elected for a second term in

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Jump to Provincial Politics

Loo ran in the

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held on October 24, 2020. She lost in the preliminary count by 184 votes, however mail-in votes have yet to be counted.

Electoral history

Provincial Elections

Municipal Elections

'' Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold ''

References

External links

Alexa Loo's Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loo, Alexa 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from British Columbia Canadian female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Richmond, British Columbia city councillors Olympic snowboarders of Canada Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent University of British Columbia alumni UBC Thunderbirds swimmers Canadian sportsperson-politicians British Columbia Liberal Party candidates in British Columbia provincial elections