| 1971 |
Born April 3 in Triumph, Idaho |
| 1978 |
Started organized racing because she wanted to "race the boys" |
| 1985 |
Lands a spot on the U.S. junior ski team—she's fifteen years old |
| 1986 |
Moves up to work with the U.S. ski team for the 1987-88 season |
| 1988 |
Wins the national junior downhill and Super G titles |
| 1989 |
Joins U.S. Ski Team |
| 1990 |
Suspended from the team for her attitude and her tendency to stay out past curfew and falling out of shape |
| 1991 |
Returns to the U.S. ski team in better shape and with a better attitude |
| 1992 |
Ranked eighth in the world, Picabo is the U.S. ski team's top racer |
| 1993 |
Takes the World Championship silver medal in combined downhill and slalom in Morioka, Japan (also wins gold at U.S. Alpine Championships) |
| 1994 |
Earns her first silver medal in the downhill at Winter Olympics |
| 1994-95 |
Becomes the first American to win the World Cup women's downhill championship |
| 1996 |
Captures the World Cup women's downhill for a second time |
| 1996 |
Suffers a serious knee injury in December after crashing on a course |
| 1998 |
Brings home gold medal for the super giant slalom (Super G) after slowly recovering from her injury and returning full strength in time for the games |
| 1998 |
Breaks her left femur in March in final World Cup race of the season. Suffers several other injuries following her broken leg. She is out of action for 33 months |
| 2001 |
Kicked off the slopes at Copper Mountain for skiing too fast on an intermediate run |
| 2001-02 |
Leading downhill qualifier for U.S. Olympic ski team |
| 2002 |
Retires from competetive skiing after finishing 16th in Women's Olympic downhill |
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