Danielle Sundquist
Ski crossA solid performer on the World Cup circuit, Sundquist claimed her first career podium at Grindelwald, Switzerland, in 2010. The Calgary, Alta., native, who attended the city's National Sports School, is on the comeback from a serious leg injury.
Top Results
4th – Winter X Games – Aspen, USA (2011)
3rd – FIS World Cup – Grindelwald, SUI (2010)
5th – FIS World Cup – Les Contamines, FRA (2009)
World Rankings
(2012-13)
Ski cross: 23rd
| Birth date: | 23/01/1986 |
| Birth place: | Winnipeg, Man. |
| Residence: | Calgary, Alta. |
| Hometown: | Calgary, Alta. |
| Ski club: | Fernie |
| Made team: | 2008 |
| Sponsor: | Crescent Point Energy Corp. |
| Height: | 5-4 |
| Weight: | 152 pounds |
| Skis: | Stockli |
| Boots: | Lange |
| Helmet: | Uvex |
| Goggles: | Uvex |
Nickname: Danie
Goals for the 2012-13 season: To enjoy each race and get my feet back under me after the year off-snow for the recovery. Also working towards qualifying for world championships and hitting the podium.
Best moment in ski racing: Finding out that I’d qualified for the 2010 Olympics.
What one thing would you change about ski racing? Athletes having more support through their development - even through rough times. Also, no water-injected tracks.
Best World Cup stop: St. Johann, Austria. It’s our only night race. The crowd is big, loud and it’s a lot of fun!
Person you look up to most in ski racing: I looked up to the older girls from my club when I was a kid (Julia and Jenny Delich and Emily Brydon). Now I take parts of different athletes that I want to be like and try to copy them.
Favourite movie: Forrest Gump, The Sound of Music.
Hockey team: Winnipeg Jets!
If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Andre Agassi.
Something no-one knows about you: I am very proud of my little sister, Nicole. Also, when I was 15 I won the U-18 National Club Championship in soccer.
Favourite activities other than skiing: Golfing, road biking and road trips.
Superstitions: They change with what happened or didn't happen.
If a movie was made about your life, who should play the lead role? Hilary Swank.
What’s a talent you wish you had? To be able to sing.
If you weren’t a skier what would you be? A golfer.
Funniest thing you’ve seen in ski racing: Watching little kids race ski cross and not care if they put each other in the fence.
Most embarrassing moment: Wiping out in the middle of the daylodge in your ski boots with everyone watching.
Describe yourself in three words: Dedicated, hard-working, energetic.
Finishes in the top 10
8th – Branas, SWE (March 2011)
10th – Meiringen-Hasliberg, SUI (March 2011)
9th - Alpe d’Huez, FRA (Jan. 2011)
7th – Meiringen-Hasliberg, SUI (March 2010)
3rd – Grindelwald, SUI (March 2010)
8th – Lake Placid, USA (Jan. 2010)
6th – Blue Mountain, Ont. (Jan. 2010)
10th – Les Contamines, FRA (Jan. 2010)
5th – Les Contamines, FRA (Jan. 2009)
2010 Olympic Winter Games – Vancouver, B.C.
19th – Cypress Mountain, B.C.
Canadian Championships
3rd – Calgary, Alta. (March 2010)
FIS World Ski Championships
22nd - Voss-Myrkdalen, NOR (March 2013)
13th – Deer Valley, USA (Feb. 2011)
14th – Inawashiro, JPN (March 2009)
Winter X Games
4th – Aspen, USA (2011)
