BIOGRAPHY
Speed ace Chelsea Marshall followed her two older brothers, Cody and Jesse, into ski racing as a kid (younger brother Tucker is an up-and-comer to watch). A former swimmer, she’s in a pack of young speed talent for the U.S. Ski Team and piling on the World Cup mileage needed to become a consistent podium contender.
While Marshall still showed some signs of t he back trouble that plagued her in 2009, she put together a successful season that included six World Cup scoring races highlighted by a 10th at the classic St. Moritz downhill and a trip to her first Olympic Winter Games.
Now 100 percent healthy and hammering on a new pair of boards (Marshall switched from Dynastar to Head in the spring), she took full advantage of Park City in the off season. That meant hard workouts at the Center of Excellence and mountain biking with teammate and roomie Megan McJames (who also switched to Head).
CHELSEA SAYS
It was cool to be at the Olympics and be a part of something so amazing. Opening and Closing Ceremonies were incredible and it was great to see our team do so well. Next time around though, I'd like to be a part of that action.
FIRST TRACKS
Older brothers Cody and Jesse, who eventually would make the U.S. Ski Team, too, gave Marshall the impetus to try ski racing. She was their shadow as a youngster at Vermont’s sprawling (six peaks) Killington resort. “I followed them all around the mountain trying to keep up,” she said. She swam in summer because her mother, Barb, coached a local team, but winter was for skiing. She enrolled just up the road at Green Mountain Valley School and was into Super Series racing with the 2002 season. Marshall raced in the 2005 and ’06 Junior World Championships and made her World Cup debut in 2007.
OFF THE SNOW
Marshall enjoys baking on the side. Once, she baked some chocolate chip cookies for her ski technician and word spread among her teammates that they were really good. Since then, she has brought her home-baked cookies on the road. Like her Park City roommate, Megan McJames, she can see herself becoming a baker after retiring from skiing. New to her "activities" list is tennis and yoga after taking classes for both during the summer. The yoga classes where led by former U.S. Ski Team athlete Libby Ludlow.
OLYMPICS
2010 U.S. Olympic Team Member
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 FIS Alpine World Championships
- 27th in downhill
WORLD CUP
2010
- Points in six World Cup races including a 10th in the St. Moritz, Switzerland downhill
2009
- Points in three World Cup events
2008
- Career best eighth in Sestriere, Italy downhill
OTHER
- Super G silver medalist at '10 U.S. Championships
- 2008 NorAm downhill, super G, combined titles
- 2007 U.S. DH bronze medalist, 5th in combined
- 2007 NorAm super combined champion
- Two-time member of Junior World Championships Team
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