Isabella Wright

Quick Facts

• Specialty: Women's Super-G, Downhill
• Born and raised vegan
• A huge animal lover
• Wants to attend Culinary School one day
• Enjoys dirt-biking, hiking, cliff jumping, frolf, cooking, skateboarding and art
• Has two cats named Brutis and Jack
• Owns every Clint Eastwood film and collects all things Clint Eastwood

Biographical Information

Isabella Wright, known as Bella, grew up making big turns on the steep slopes of Snowbird outside Salt Lake City. She was raised in a skiing family and followed her older brothers Cole and Bronson around the mountains of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Her parents Robert and Stacy recognized her enthusiasm for the sport and enrolled her in the Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, where she showed her speed on the slopes from a young age. Raised vegan and a passionate animal lover, Wright developed an identity shaped by both her athletic pursuits and her ethos off the snow.

Wright's career has been defined by resilience in the face of repeated injuries. In March 2016, she suffered a torn ACL in her left knee during a downhill training run at the NorAm Cup Finals in Aspen, forcing her to miss significant time. She has called that injury a major turning point in her career. After graduating high school, she spent two years as a postgraduate with the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club from 2017-19, considering the Colorado mountain town her "second home." Her first year with AVSC became her comeback year, focused on rebuilding confidence with coaches Austin Nevins, Torey Greenwood, Casey Puckett and Johno McBride supporting her recovery. Her second year saw her momentum return as she began skiing like herself again.

Wright made her world cup debut in December 2019 in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, and earned her first U.S. Ski Team nomination for the 2021 season. She competed at the 2018 FIS Junior World Championships in Davos, Switzerland, and represented the United States at the 2021 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, finishing 14th in alpine combined, 21st in downhill and 22nd in super-G. Just as her Olympic dream appeared within reach, disaster struck in December 2021 when she broke her talus bone in her ankle at St. Moritz — an injury doctors told her would end her season. Initially given eight to 10 weeks non-weight bearing, she flew home for a second opinion and the timeline reduced to six weeks.

What doctors later called a "unicorn case," Wright's miraculous recovery allowed her to make the team for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. She competed in super-G, finishing 21st, fulfilling a childhood dream despite the abbreviated preparation. Her best season came in 2023 when she posted her first world cup top 10 finish with a seventh place in downhill at the World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra.

Wright was nominated to the U.S. roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, returning for her second Olympic Games. 

Beyond skiing, she pursues diverse interests including cooking, painting, skateboarding, surfing, dirt biking, cliff jumping and playing frisbee golf. Aside from athletic pursuits, Wright has culinary aspirations and often shares her vegan cooking through her Instagram account. She owns every Clint Eastwood film and collects memorabilia from the legendary actor. She supports the Fiercely Female Foundation, which assists female extreme sport athletes. Learning German and French to better communicate while racing in Europe, Wright continues pushing the limits of women's ski racing while staying true to her values as an athlete, animal lover and creative spirit.

Olympic Experience

• 2-time Olympian
• Olympic Games Milan 2026, (Team Alpine Combined - Women), 21th (Downhill - Women)
• Olympic Games Beijing 2022, (Super Combined - Women), 21th (Super G - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – (Super G - Women), 13th (Super Combined - Women), 19th (Downhill - Women)
• Years of participation: Downhill - Women 2021, 2023; Super Combined - Women 2021, 2023; Super G - Women 2021, 2023
• Top finish: – 2023 (Super G - Women)