OlympianFreestyle Skiing
Paula Cooper
Athlete Bio
Height
5'7"
Hometown
Vail, CO
Education
Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (Vail, Colorado) ‘17
Event: Halfpipe
Height: 5-7
Weight: 135
DOB: 1/8/1999
Birthplace: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Hometown: Vail, Colorado
High School: Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (Vail, Colorado) ‘17
Birthplace: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Hometown: Vail, Colorado
High School: Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (Vail, Colorado) ‘17
Career Highlights:
- 2015 FIS Junior World Freestyle Skiing Championships, 8th (halfpipe)
- 2015 FIS World Cup Cardrona, 9th (halfpipe)
- 2015 Nor-Am Cup Mammoth Mountain, 2nd (halfpipe)
- 2015-16 Revolution Tour Copper Mountain, 5th (halfpipe), 6th (halfpipe)
- 2015 Nor-Am Cup Aspen, 7th (halfpipe)
Personal: Daughter of Howard and Anna Cooper…Has two siblings, Julia and Kate…Mother, Anna, is Russian….Speaks Russian and Spanish…Grew up ski racing in Vail, Colorado, and began freestyle skiing in sixth grade at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy…In primary school raised lambs for Four-H, an agricultural competition in the United States…Knows how to rope calves and has experience working on a cattle ranch…Hobbies include riding horses and fly fishing.