Mike Jacoby
Mike Jacoby (born May 1969) is an American snowboarder who competed in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.[1]
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Early life
Jacoby was born in Bellevue, Washington.[2] grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Was a hockey player. Grew up alpine and cross-country skiing until he was 14, when he built his first snowboard and began snowboarding.[3]
Snowboarding career
First event 1986 swatch world championships in Breckenridge Co Junior 16 and under Slalom 7th Giant slalom 8th Half pipe 5th
1987 Swatch World championship Mens am auteur Slalom 1st Giant slalom 1st Halfpipe 14th This was the first event the J-tear was done in a event.
The first World Cup tour was 1988
1991 Overall World Champion (ISF tour)
1992 Overall World Super-G Champion (ISF tour)
Jacoby won the gold medal in both the 1995 and 1996 World Cup giant slalom.[4] He placed second in the 1996 FIS Snowboarding World Championships giant slalom,[5] and in the 1997 Snowboarding World Championships placed first in the parallel slalom[6] and second in the giant slalom.[7] He placed 17th in the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2]
In 2010 Jacoby was injured while mountain biking, and received a severe head injury.[8]
Sailed singlehanded the Pacific loop. July 18 2016 - August 29 2021 1980 Ingrid 38’
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Jacoby Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Mike Jacoby Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "Snowboarding: Mike Jacoby". Washington Post.
- ^ "JACOBY Mike - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". 2011-06-04. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". 2011-06-04. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". 2011-06-04. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ "Mike Jacoby Recovering From Accident". Snowboarder Magazine. 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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