Picabo Street

Picabo Street is the sort of athlete I admire without reservation. Winning super-G gold at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the 1996 downhill world title means she made a living throwing herself down icy mountains at terrifying speed, where hundredths of a second decide everything. What stays with me is the resilience behind those medals, the repeated comebacks from serious injury that the record only hints at. Coming out of small-town Idaho to reach the top of a brutally unforgiving sport, she embodies the kind of courage and stubborn grit that makes ski racing worth watching. She is a genuine inspiration.

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Name (English)

Picabo Street

Name (Japanese)

ピカボ・ストリート

Reading

ぴかぼ・すとりーと

Born

April 3, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Triumph, Idaho, United States

Height

169 cm

Occupation

alpine skier

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

• Official sitehttp://www.picabo.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/PicaboStreet
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picabo%20Street
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10101

Tags

• Idaho
• alpine skier

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.