Mancuso julia biography

Julia Mancuso, called by her friends “Super Jules,” was named to the US ski team in when only She struggled on the main World Cup circuit for several years, but starred at the Junior World Championships, winning five golds, and eight medals, in , , and At the World Championships she broke thru on the senior circuit, winning bronze medals in the Super-G and giant slalom.

Although she had never won a World Cup race prior to the Torino Winter Olympics, she came thru there for the giant slalom gold medal. She won her first World Cup race, a downhill in Val d’Isère, France, in December Her season was top-notch, winning four World Cup races, and a silver in the Super Combined at the World Championships.

She was third in the overall World Cup for the season, and was second in the World Cup downhill and combined. After winning her Olympic gold medal in , Squaw Valley Ski Resort named one of their runs after her, “Julia’s Gold.”

Mancuso’s father, Ciro Mancuso, was a Nevada-based drug dealer