Sport: Snowboarding
Event: Snowboardcross
Height: 5-0
Weight: 110
Classification: Lower Limb Impairment
Date of Birth: Aug. 9, 1988
Birthplace: Dragasani, Romania
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Current Residence: Holladay, Utah
High School: East HS (Denver, Colo.) ‘07
College: University of Colorado Denver ‘15, Theater
Coach: Miah Wheeler

Career Highlights

2014: Paralympic Winter Games, 4th; U.S. Paralympics Snowboard Cross National Championships, 5th; World Cup La Molina, 8th run 1, 7th run 2; World Cup Copper Mountain, 8th run 1, 8th run 2; World Cup Big White, 6th run 1, 6th run 2
2013: World Cup Kelowna, 5th run 1, 6th run 2

Personal

Cristina Albert has only been snowboarding competitively for three years, but she has quickly risen through the ranks as one of the nation’s top snowboarders. At the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, she surprised by earning a career-best fourth place, the second-highest finish for Team USA in the event. Albert was born in Romania with amniotic band syndrome and a clubfoot. She was adopted at three-years-old and underwent several reconstructive surgeries. At 12-years-old, she lost her left foot due to a Staph infection following surgery on her clubfoot. Albert is active off the slopes with a job as a veterinary tech and enjoying activities including hiking, rock climbing, painting and standup comedy.

Paralympic Experience

1-time Paralympian;

Paralympic Games Sochi 2014, 4th (Snowboardcross - Standing - Women)

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