Sarah Schleper

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Other
SexFemale
Full nameSarah Kathryn•Schleper (-de Gaxiola)
Used nameSarah•Schleper
Born19 February 1979 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado (USA)
Measurements162 cm / 61 kg
AffiliationsSSCV, Vail (USA)
NOC Mexico United States

Biography

Sarah Schleper competed at six Winter Olympic Games in Alpine skiing, for the United States in 1998-2010, and for Mexico in 2018 and 2022. A native of Vail, Colorado, she was able to compete for Mexico after her marriage to a Mexican citizen.

Schleper competed at seven World Championships from 2001-17, missing only 2007 and 2013. Primarily a technical skier, she won one World Cup event, a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland in March 2005, and had three other podium finishes in the World Cup. Her best seasonal standing in World Cup was fifth in slalom in 2004/05.

Schleper initially retired in December 2011, but came back in June 2014 to represent Mexico. At her retirement race in 2011, she skied in a summer dress, bare-armed and bare-legged, and midway down the run picked up her 4-year-old son, and held him in her arms as she finished the course.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1998 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) USA Sarah Schleper
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) DNF
Slalom, Women (Olympic) 22
2002 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) USA Sarah Schleper
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) 21
Slalom, Women (Olympic) DNF
2006 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) USA Sarah Schleper
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) DNF
Slalom, Women (Olympic) 10
2010 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) USA Sarah Schleper
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) 14
Slalom, Women (Olympic) 16
2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) MEX Sarah Schleper
Super G, Women (Olympic) 41
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) DNF
2022 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) MEX Sarah Schleper
Super G, Women (Olympic) 35
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) 37

Other participations

Games Role NOC As
2018 Winter Olympics Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony MEX Sarah Schleper
2022 Winter Olympics Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony MEX Sarah Schleper