Michelle Roark (born November 16, 1974) is an American
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...
who has competed since 1995, mainly in
moguls. She is a two-time Olympian, World Cup Champion, World Champion silver medalist
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003 The 2003 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between January 31 and February 2 at the Deer Valley ski resort in northern Utah near Park City, United States. The World Championships featured both men's and women's events in the Moguls, ...
in
Deer Valley, Utah and National Champion. She has a half a dozen World Cup victories and a handful of World Cup podium finishes. Roark was named to the US team for the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...
and
2010 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...
.
Personal life
Roark is a cum laude graduate of Colorado School of Mines in chemical engineering, scientist of bioenergetics, certified perfumer, author and wellness entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Phia Lab, where she studies the bioenergetics of the botanical world. The Lab is based in Denver, Colorado, where she also runs and operates the award-winning Phia Alchemy Wellness Salon Spa. Today, she is pioneering a new field that bridges performance, material science and the world of energy vibration. Through Phia, she spreads the point of view that the bioenergetics of nature can help you achieve mind, body and energy coherence—the zone.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-roark-1a90354// ]
References
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* Lenke, Tim. "Hard economic times hinder Winter Olympic hopefuls". ''Washington Times Weekly Edition''. December 21, 2009. p. 29.
Phia Lab website*
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1974 births
Living people
21st-century American engineers
American female freestyle skiers
Colorado School of Mines alumni
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Skiers from Denver
People from Artesia, New Mexico
21st-century American women
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