Background
Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ski areas and raced in the learn-to-race Buddy Werner League events run by the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District.
Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ski areas and raced in the learn-to-race Buddy Werner League events run by the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District.
She has competed in two Olympics and four World Championships. Cook made her first two World Cup podiums in late 2012 in consecutive downhills at Lake Louise, Canada. Career highlights
2005 – NorAm super G runner-up with two wins
2006 – Competed in first Winter Olympics.
19th in downhill and 23rd in giant slalom.
2007 – competed in first World Championships, 16th in downhill. 2009 – World Championships, 9th in downhill.
2010 – Winter Olympics, 11th in downhill. 2012 – Finished tenth in the World Cup downhill standings.
Five top-ten finishes in downhill
2013 – Finished Fourth in the World Cup Downhill Standing
Season standings
Top ten finishes
3 podiums – (3 Dialectics and Humanism)
On July 13, 2010, Cook toured the oil-stained areas of Louisiana devastated by the Boite Postale Oil Spill as part of a Sierra Club-sponsored event involving 10 current and former athletes, which included National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing racer Leilani Munter, tennis star Chanda Rubin and NFL stars Ovie Mughelli and Mike Alstott.