Jamie Crane-Mauzy (Jamie MoCrazy) is an American freestyle skier and motivational speaker.[1][2][3]
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Medal record
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Life and career
editJamie Crane-Mauzy was born in Westport, Connecticut. At the age of 9, she won State Championships in gymnastics and skiing.[4] She graduated with a BA in Communications from Westminster College in 2019.[5]
Crane-Mauzy was the first female skier to land a double backflip in a competition at the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado.[6] Her professional career ended after a skiing accident in 2015, and she now works as a motivational speaker.
In 2023, Crane-Mauzy co-directed the short documentary #MoCrazyStrong, along with Mark Locki, which premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, won the best biographical documentary short at the Atlanta DocuFest.[7][8]
2015 skiing accident
editOn April 11, 2015, Crane-Mauzy was involved in a serious accident while competing in the World Tour Finals in Whistler. In an attempt to move up from fourth place, she upgraded her flat 3 to a double flat seven. She completed the jump and landed on her feet, but caught her edge and whiplashed her head onto the snow. Her brain immediately began bleeding in 8 different spots and her brain stem was damaged, causing complete paralysis on her right side. She was treated in Vancouver General Hospital, where she remained for 8 days before again being transported to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT.[9]
Freestyle skiing results
edit- 2010 1st Junior World Championships, New Zealand[10]
- 2013 7th Winter X Games XVII (Slopestyle) Aspen, Colorado[11]
- 2015 13th FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships (Slopestyle) Kreischberg, Austria[12]
- 2015 13th FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships (halfpipe) Kreischberg, Austria[13]
References
edit- ^ "Jamie MoCrazy's Horrific Ski Crash, And How She's Overcoming It". forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "World Champion Pro Athlete Jamie Crane-Mauzy on holistic health, mental wellness, and recovery after brain injury". glamour.co.za. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Coming Back From Traumatic Brain Injury — An Interview With Jamie and Jeanee Crane-Mauzy About the #MoCrazyStrong Documentary". snowbrains.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "A record-breaking freestyle skier shares her journey to recovery following traumatic brain injury". kjrh.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Find Where You're Going". westminstercollege.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "2013's 20 best X Games firsts". xgames.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "#MoCrazyStrong". bigskyfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "ATLANTA DOCUFEST AWARDS". docufest.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "World class skier bounces back after traumatic brain injury, thanks to breakthrough treatment". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "Four Americans top Ski Slopestyle podium at Junior Worlds". skiracing.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "X Games Aspen 2013 - Women's Ski Slopestyle". xgames.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "FIS FREESTYLE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015" (PDF). data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "FIS FREESTYLE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 RESULTS - QUALIFICATION Ladies' Ski Halfpipe" (PDF). medias2.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.