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'''Sarah Burke''' (born 1982) is a [[Canadian]] [[Freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]] who grew up in [[Magheralin]], [[Northern Ireland]].
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==Skiing Career==
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'''Sarah Burke''' (born 1982) is a [[Canadian]] [[Freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]]. After going to school in Magheralin, Co Armagh she won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the [[half-pipe]] and second place in slopestyle. She won [[ESPN]]'s 2001 Award for female skier of the year. She was voted number 91 on the [[FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006]] list.<ref name="freejose">{{cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2006/ | accessdate=January 23 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>
In 2007 Sarah was awarded with [[The Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY & BERT Award]]. She is the first skier to win an ESPY award.She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event.[http://www.srcmag.ca/index.php?journal=4] Besides from skiing, Sarah Burke also enjoys knitting, cooking and baking, mountain biking, going to the gym, painting, and climbing. [http://www.lat34.com/girl_on_sarah_burke_2] Aside from being an athlete, Sarah Burke has also starred in a movie; "Boy eats girl".[http://www.go211.com/u/sarah]
She won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the [[half-pipe]] and second place in slopestyle. She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event.<ref>[http://www.srcmag.ca/index.php?journal=4]</ref> She is a three-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>

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Sarah continues to innovate with jib tricks that were featured in some major films last season. In Propaganda, she showcased her skills by sliding huge rainbow rails, spinning a huge 540 in the pipe and throwing back-flips with ease. [http://expn.go.com/teasma/2002/s/skierte.html]
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, the first skier to be so honored.

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She regularly participates 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. <ref>[http://expn.go.com/teasma/2002/s/skierte.html]</ref>

==Off the Slopes==
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She was voted number 91 on the [[FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006]] list.<ref name="freejose">{{cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2006/ | accessdate=January 23 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>

Sarah Burke also enjoys knitting, cooking and baking, mountain biking, going to the gym, painting, and climbing.<ref>[http://www.lat34.com/girl_on_sarah_burke_2]</ref>. She can also be seen in the horror movie [[Boy Eats Girl]].<ref>[http://www.go211.com/u/sarah]</ref>

==Sources==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 16:24, 24 January 2009

Sarah Burke (born 1982) is a Canadian freestyle skier who grew up in Magheralin, Northern Ireland.

Skiing Career

She won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the half-pipe and second place in slopestyle. She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event.[1] She is a three-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing.[2]

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, the first skier to be so honored.

She regularly participates 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. [3]

Off the Slopes

She was voted number 91 on the FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006 list.[4]

Sarah Burke also enjoys knitting, cooking and baking, mountain biking, going to the gym, painting, and climbing.[5]. She can also be seen in the horror movie Boy Eats Girl.[6]

Sources

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Sarah Burke Captures Third Straight Gold in Superpipe SI.com, January 23, 2009
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. Retrieved January 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ [4]

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