Alexa Loo

Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese-Canadian descent. The Richmond, British Columbia native's major event is the parallel giant slalom.

eason Highlights

*Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboarding when she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy.
*Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beauport, Quebec.
*Gold medallist in PGS at the NorAm Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado).

Career highlights

*Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden.
*16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan.
*17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.
*Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia.
*14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria.
*Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Quotations

"I feel great, everything fell into place today," said Loo. "I was focused and I was there to do a job. It was wonderful. With the Olympics around the corner this is a big confidence boost. It was my last World Cup before the Games and it was great to be on the podium and be re-assured that I can compete at that level. I think I can repeat this performance at the Olympics." :- Loo talking to the press after her World Cup bronze medal performance in Italy this year.

Noteworthy

Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes.

External links

* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/alexaloo Alexa Loo on Real Champions]