Country United States Role Ski jumper Total podiums 25 Name Sarah Hendrickson Overall titles 1 | Individual wins 13 Weight 45 kg Seasons 2012–2015 Height 1.63 m Siblings Nick Hendrickson | |
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Full name Sarah Catherine Hendrickson Born 1 August 1994 (age 29)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. ( 1994-08-01 ) Ski club Park City Nordic Ski Club Personal best 133.5 m (438 ft)
Oslo, 17 March 2013 Profiles | ||
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Sarah Catherine Hendrickson (born August 1, 1994) is an American ski jumper. She won the first ever women's World Cup season in 2012, finished runner-up in 2013, and won an individual gold medal in the women's competition at the 2013 World Championships. In women's ski jumping, Hendrickson's thirteen individual World Cup victories places her second all-time behind Sara Takanashi, as of March 2017.
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- Wind tunnel training w ski jumper sarah hendrickson 2013
- Sarah hendrickson sochi 2014 ski jumping
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Career
Hendrickson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Park City High School until 2011, when she began competing in the Ski Jumping World Cup. During this she moved to The Winter Sports School in Park City, where she graduated in November 2012.
In the first ever women's World Cup season in 2011/12, Hendrickson dominated by winning nine competitions; her first being on December 3, 2011 in Lillehammer. The 2012/13 season saw her win four World Cup competitions while finishing runner-up to nearest rival Sara Takanashi. Hendrickson was also able to win the women's event at the 2013 Ski Jumping World Championships in Val di Fiemme.
On August 21, 2013 in Oberstdorf, Hendrickson suffered a serious knee injury which required reconstructive surgery for a damaged ligament. She was one of five top female jumpers who, within a few months, had a bad fall and was forced to take a long recovery period. Hendrickson's injury would scupper the chances of the United States women's team for a good result at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but it was announced on January 22, 2014 that Hendrickson would still be able to make the team in time for the Games. She was granted the historic honour of being the first female to ever jump in a ski jumping event at the Olympics, with women having been allowed to participate in Olympic ski jumping for the first time in history.
Hendrickson re-injured her surgically repaired knee during off-season training in June 2015, ruling her out of the 2015/16 season.
In 2017, in an event sponsored by Red Bull, Hendrickson was scheduled to jump off the historic Nansen Ski Jump in Berlin, New Hampshire.