Extreme Edge Members

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Nick Catanzarite, Extreme Team Member (Northern ID/Southern MI - USA)

I grew up in northern Indiana/Southern Michigan. In high school I ran track and started for the varsity football team. I broke my back in a ski racing accident in Winter Park, CO when I was seventeen. After three months in the hospital I went on to graduate with my high school class in 1995. The following fall I began classes at Michigan State University in Lansing, MI. After graduating from college with a BA in philosophy in 99’ I moved out to Winter Park to try disabled skiing.

In 2001 I won the downhill at the US National Championships in Big Sky Montana. In 2002 I qualified for my first Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah where I finished 5^th in the downhill. That same year I was named National Sports Center for the Disabled. I spent the next six years traveling and competing at World Cup events as a member of the United States Disabled Ski team. At the 2006 Paralympics in Turino, Italy I finished 4^th in the Super G event, just .08 seconds off of the podium.

In 2007 I was awarded the Willy Schaeffler Scholarship for a disabled skier to attend the University of Denver. With the support of the scholarship I am currently pursuing a dual degree in Law and International Sustainable Development. At the same time I am continuing to train and compete as a ski racer and look forward to competing in the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.