Sarah Burke

About Sarah Burke

Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event.She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005.

Career Highlights:

• Burke is also a four-time Winter X Games gold medallist in freestyle skiing.
  
• She was the first woman ever to land a jump with 1080-degree rotation in competition.
  
• 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.
  

Sarah Burke Achievements

Gold Medal records:

• FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships:
  
• FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005 Halfpipe
  

Winter X Games:

• Winter X Games XI
  
• Winter X Games XII
  
• Winter X Games XIII
  
• Winter X Games XV
  
• Winter X Games Europe