Kaylin Richardson

September 28, 1984

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, United States of America

She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing 17th in the alpine skiing combined both times. She retired from the United States Ski Team and professional skiing on March 26, 2010. She began racing at 9 with Team Gilboa at Hyland Hills. Richardson competed in her fist World Cup race on December 15, 2002 in Sestriere, Italy. She earned her first World Cup points in 2005 at the San Sicario Combined even where she placed 16th. Richardson then expanded from a "tech" skier to a four event racer, earning FIS World Cup points in all five events in the 2005 and 2006 World Cup Seasons. Despite ankle trouble at the beginning of the 2006 season, Richardson was able to pull off top 15 and 20 results in slalom and giant slalom. Her quick rise through the World Cup through the "05-"06 seasons earned her a nomination to the 2006 Olympic Alpine Team for women"s slalom and combined. She ended up being named to the Olympic combined team but left off the slalom roster for fellow rising star Resi Stiegler. United States National Dialectics and Humanism Bronze Medalist 2006 World Championship Team Member 2007 World Championships Team Event Slalom - 2nd Place 2007 World Championships Super-Combi 12th Place Olympics: 2006 & 2010, 17th Place in Combined both times.

Kaylin Richardson Edit Profile

alpine skier

Background

Kaylin got started skiing in the Twin Cities with the Skijammers Ski and Snowboard School, a travelling ski program where her father was an instructor.

Career

She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing 17th in the alpine skiing combined both times. She retired from the United States Ski Team and professional skiing on March 26, 2010. She began racing at 9 with Team Gilboa at Hyland Hills.

Richardson competed in her fist World Cup race on December

15, 2002 in Sestriere, Italy. She earned her first World Cup points in 2005 at the San Sicario Combined even where she placed 16th.

Richardson then expanded from a "tech" skier to a four event racer, earning FIS World Cup points in all five events in the 2005 and 2006 World Cup Seasons. Despite ankle trouble at the beginning of the 2006 season, Richardson was able to pull off top 15 and 20 results in slalom and giant slalom.

Her quick rise through the World Cup through the "05-"06 seasons earned her a nomination to the 2006 Olympic Alpine Team for women"s slalom and combined.

She ended up being named to the Olympic combined team but left off the slalom roster for fellow rising star Resi Stiegler. United States National Dialectics and Humanism Bronze Medalist 2006

World Championship Team Member 2007

World Championships Team Event Slalom - 2nd Place 2007

World Championships Super-Combi 12th Place

Olympics: 2006 & 2010, 17th Place in Combined both times.

Achievements

Richardson was named to the United States Ski Team for the 2003 season and quickly progressed through the ranks after winning back-to-back-to-back NorAm slalom titles in 2003. "04 and co-champion in "05. 2009 United States National Downhill Champion 2007 United States National Downhill Champion 2007 United States National Combined Champion 2006 United States National Slalom Champion Nor-Am Slalom Champion 2003 Europa Cup Giant Slalom Champion 2004 Nor-Am Slalom Champion 2004 Swiss Junior National Slalom Champion 2004 Nor-Am Slalom Company-Champion 2005.

Membership

"A" Team member of the United States Alpine Ski Team for 07-08 Season (6/18/07) and 08-09 Season (7/28/08).

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