Heidi Voelker (born October 29, 1969) is an

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former

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alpine ski racer who competed in three

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(

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). She is the current Ambassador of Skiing for

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. Born in

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, Voelker began skiing at the age of two, chasing her three older siblings through the ski areas of the

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in southwestern

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. Possessing a great skill for the sport, she launched into competitive skiing at a young age, earning silver in the slalom at the Junior World Championships (1987) and receiving Junior Alpine Skier of the Year award (1988). As a twelve-year veteran of the

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(1985 to 1997), Voelker has many titles as a competitive ski racer: she holds six top-ten World Cup finishes to her credit, including a podium in 1994, and competed for gold during three Winter Olympics. She was also the 1994 National Champion in Giant Slalom and finished her racing career with a third-place finish in Giant Slalom at the U.S. Nationals in 1997. Voelker moved to Utah in 1990 and has been the Ambassador of Skiing at Deer Valley since 1995. Voelker is also featured on Utah's "ski" license plate, introduced in 2007. She is the first living human and woman to be featured on a state license plate.

World Cup results

Season standings

Top ten finishes

* 1 podium – (1 GS), 6 top tens

World Championship results

* The U.S. team missed the Super-G in

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due to the

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Olympic results

References

External links

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Heidi Voelker
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *
Deer Valley Ambassador of Skiing

NASTAR Pacesetter

Heidi Voelker, Deer Valley Blog Contributor

Heidi Voelker Facebook Page

American Way Article

Berkshire Eagle Article

1968 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of the United States Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub