Donna L. Weinbrecht (born April 23, 1965) won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in

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, which were held at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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. Weinbrecht grew up in

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'', February 16, 1992. Accessed October 17, 2007. "That's what Donna Weinbrecht of West Milford, N.J., did in winning the first women's gold medal in a new Olympic sport, freestyle mogul skiing." She was also World Champion in 1991 and a five-time World Cup moguls season champion (1990–92, 1994, and 1996). She was born in

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and attended

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, where she formed the school's first ski team.Bondy, Filip
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'', December 11, 1991. Accessed October 17, 2007. "Eventually, she formed her own ski team at West Milford High School." Weinbrecht's first sport was figure skating. While she was a competent skater, her family couldn't afford the cost of coaching. She learned to ski at Hidden Valley in

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and Vernon Valley / Great Gorge and spent most weekends skiing at Hidden Valley with her family. The family now invested in skiing bought a house in Killington Vermont and Donna trained on the Mogul trails of Killington, especially The Great mogul trail Outer Limits . Donna can still be seen at Killington regularly hosting mogul training camps and recreational skiing .

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External links

FIS-ski.com
- results - Donna Weinbrecht - 1988-2002

- World Cup season standings - Donna Weinbrecht - 1988-2002 Olympic gold medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of the United States American female freestyle skiers Sportspeople from Hudson County, New Jersey People from West Milford, New Jersey Living people 1965 births Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Passaic County, New Jersey 21st-century American women {{US-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub