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==Skiing career==
==Skiing career==
As a teenage [[mogul skiing|moguls skiier]], Burke would often sneak onto the [[Snowboard halfpipe]] at the end of the day.<ref name="CBCObit">{{cite news |last=Owen |first=Paul |last2=Hollins |first2=Katie |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/19/sp-sarah-burke-obit.html |title=Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2012-01-19 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> She won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the [[half-pipe]] event and finished second in slopestyle. She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event.<ref>[http://www.srcmag.ca/index.php?journal=4]</ref> Burke is also a four-time [[Winter X Games]] gold medalist in [[freestyle skiing]].<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/01/24/x.game.halfpipe.ap/index.html Sarah Burke Captures Third Straight Gold in Superpipe] SI.com, January 23, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/x-games/winter/2011/results/?page=womens-ski-superpipe-results |title=Women's Ski SuperPipe Results |work=Winter X Games Fifteen |publisher=''[[ESPN.com]] |date=January 27, 2011 |accessdate=January 28, 2011}}</ref> She was the first woman ever to land a jump with 1080-degree rotation in competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7455119/freeskier-sarah-burke-remains-critical-surgery |title=Sarah Burke critical after surgery |publisher=A.P. at ''[[ESPN.go.com]]'' |date=January 12, 2012 |accessdate=January 12, 2012}}</ref>
As a teenage [[mogul skiing|moguls skier]], Burke would often sneak onto the [[Snowboard halfpipe]] at the end of the day.<ref name="CBCObit">{{cite news |last=Owen |first=Paul |last2=Hollins |first2=Katie |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/19/sp-sarah-burke-obit.html |title=Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2012-01-19 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> She was considered a pioneer in the sport of superpipe skiing, along with American [[Kristi Leskinen]]. The pair were frequent competitors, and often against male skiers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Frame |first=Andy |url=http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050303/SPORTS/103030041 |title=Leskinen wins pipe battle with friendly foe Burke |work=Vail Daily |date=2005-03-03 |accessdate=2012-01-20}}</ref>
Burke won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the [[half-pipe]] event and finished second in slopestyle. When half-pipe made its debut at the [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships]], she emerged as the first world champion.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nqskAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E3EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840,5146000&dq=sarah+burke&hl=en |title=Morning briefing |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2005-03-18 |accessdate=2012-01-20 |page=D9}}</ref> Burke is also a four-time [[Winter X Games]] gold medalist in [[freestyle skiing]].<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/01/24/x.game.halfpipe.ap/index.html Sarah Burke Captures Third Straight Gold in Superpipe] SI.com, January 23, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/x-games/winter/2011/results/?page=womens-ski-superpipe-results |title=Women's Ski SuperPipe Results |work=Winter X Games Fifteen |publisher=''[[ESPN.com]] |date=January 27, 2011 |accessdate=January 28, 2011}}</ref> She was the first woman ever to land a jump with 1080-degree rotation in competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7455119/freeskier-sarah-burke-remains-critical-surgery |title=Sarah Burke critical after surgery |publisher=A.P. at ''[[ESPN.go.com]]'' |date=January 12, 2012 |accessdate=January 12, 2012}}</ref>


She won [[ESPN]]'s 2001 Award for female skier of the year and was voted 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the [[ESPY]] awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Freestyle+skier+Sarah+Burke+dies/6020525/story.html?id=6020525|publisher=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=20 January 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64p2qWycY|archivedate=19 January 2012|date=19 January 2012}}</ref>
She won [[ESPN]]'s 2001 Award for female skier of the year and was voted 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the [[ESPY]] awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Freestyle+skier+Sarah+Burke+dies/6020525/story.html?id=6020525|publisher=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=20 January 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64p2qWycY|archivedate=19 January 2012|date=19 January 2012}}</ref>

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Sarah Burke
File:Sarah Burke.jpg
Personal information
Born(1982-09-03)September 3, 1982
Barrie, Ontario
DiedJanuary 19, 2012(2012-01-19) (aged 29)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Sport
Country Canada
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's freestyle skiing
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Ruka Halfpipe
X Games Medal Record
Gold medal – first place 2007 Aspen Superpipe
Gold medal – first place 2008 Aspen Superpipe
Gold medal – first place 2009 Aspen Superpipe
Gold medal – first place 2011 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2005 Aspen Superpipe

Sarah Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah.

Skiing career

As a teenage moguls skier, Burke would often sneak onto the Snowboard halfpipe at the end of the day.[1] She was considered a pioneer in the sport of superpipe skiing, along with American Kristi Leskinen. The pair were frequent competitors, and often against male skiers.[2]

Burke won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the half-pipe event and finished second in slopestyle. When half-pipe made its debut at the 2005 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, she emerged as the first world champion.[3] Burke is also a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing.[4][5] She was the first woman ever to land a jump with 1080-degree rotation in competition.[6]

She won ESPN's 2001 Award for female skier of the year and was voted 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards.[7]

She regularly participated in skiing films, including Propaganda, in which she showcased her skills by sliding huge rainbow rails, spinning a huge 540 in the pipe and throwing back-flips with ease.[8]

Burke was a known promoter of the superpipe skiing event, working to have it added to the Olympic program. She failed to have the event added in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee to have the event added for the 2014 Sochi Games.[1] Two years ahead of the games, she was considered a potential favourite for the gold medal in Sochi.[9]

Personal life

Burke was born in Barrie, Ontario, but grew up in Midland.[1] She later resided in Squamish, British Columbia.[10]

She was voted number 91 on the FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006 list.[11]

On September 25, 2010, Burke married fellow freeskier Rory Bushfield in Pemberton, British Columbia.[12]

Accident and death

On January 10, 2012, Burke was seriously injured while training on the Park City Mountain Resort Eagle superpipe in Park City, Utah. This is the same superpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce was seriously injured in 2009. Onlookers reported that Burke had completed a trick fairly well yet fell onto her head, and the accident did not appear to be very severe.[13] Moments later, however, she went into cardiac arrest while still on the ski slope,[14] making her chance of survival extremely low.[15] She was resuscitated and airlifted to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she was reported to have been placed in an induced coma.[16] The following day, she underwent neurosurgery to repair a tear in a vertebral artery. She succumbed to her injuries on January 19, 2012.[17] Per her publicist's words, Burke's injuries had resulted in "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest."[18] Her organs and tissues were donated as she requested before her death.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Owen, Paul; Hollins, Katie (2012-01-19). "Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  2. ^ Frame, Andy (2005-03-03). "Leskinen wins pipe battle with friendly foe Burke". Vail Daily. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  3. ^ "Morning briefing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2005-03-18. p. D9. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  4. ^ Sarah Burke Captures Third Straight Gold in Superpipe SI.com, January 23, 2009
  5. ^ "Women's Ski SuperPipe Results". Winter X Games Fifteen. ESPN.com. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Sarah Burke critical after surgery". A.P. at ESPN.go.com. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". Montreal Gazette. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Canadian freestyle skiier Sarah Burk passes away". The Sports Network. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  10. ^ "Freestyle ski icon Sarah Burke 'lived life to the fullest,' dies nine days after crash". Vancouver Sun. 19 January 2012.
  11. ^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
  12. ^ "Sorry Dudes, Sarah Burke Is Now Married". Freeskier.com. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Sarah Burke critical after surgery". A.P. at ESPN.go.com. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". CBC Sports.
  15. ^ "2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Part 10.7: Cardiac Arrest Associated With Trauma". American Heart Association. November 28, 2005.
  16. ^ "Sarah Burke In Coma: Freestyle Skier Injured During Training In Park City, Utah". The Huffington Post. January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Canada freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". BBC. January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  18. ^ "Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29". Associated Press. USA Today. January 19, 2012.


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