Erik Schlopy

Sportskool Skiing coach Erik Schlopy

Skiing

Erik Schlopy Bio

For Erik Schlopy, the grass wasn't greener on the other side.

So after he left the United States Ski Team for the World Pro Ski Tour, Schlopy took the unprecedented step of trying to return to the team in 1998. No one had ever done it ... until Schlopy.

Needing to earn enough points in FIS sanctioned races to qualify for the team, Schlopy borrowed $25,000, bought a minivan and hired a coach. His limited budget confined his race schedule to the U.S. But Schlopy eked out a return, and by his second season back on the World Cup Tour, he was the third ranked skier in the world.

In 2006, he competed for the U.S Olympic Team in Turin, Italy.

  • Born on August 21, 1972 in Buffalo, New York
  • Also competed in 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway
  • Won bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 2003 World Championships
  • With his third overall finish in the giant slalom in 2001, he had the best overall World Cup overall performance by an American since Phil Mahre in 1983
  • Returned to skiing later same year (1993) after a spectacular crash broke his back, severed his tongue, cracked his sternum, broke two ribs and punctured a lung
  • WPST Rookie of the Year in 1995-96
  • No. 1 ranked American on WPST in 1995-96
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