Sarah Burke



Sarah Jane Burke ( Barrie , September 31982 - Salt Lake City , January 192012 ) was a Canadianfreestyleskiester . Burke died in 2012 after a coma for over a week from injuries she suffered after a fall. [1]



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[ hide ]  *1 Life  ==Lifespan [ edit] == Burke won at the 2001 U.S. Freeskiing Open primarily on the half-pipe and second place in slopestyle. In her career she won four gold medals at the Winter X Games . At the 2005 World Cup freestyle skiing in Ruka Burke became the first ever world champion in halfpipe section. In her career she recorded five World Cup victories.
 * 2 Results
 * 2.1 World Championships
 * 2.2 World
 * 2.2.1 final rankings
 * 2.2.2 World Cup Victories
 * 3 External links

For years they fought for the parts halfpipe freestyle skiing and cross in, like to make. Olympic in snowboarding, Eventually, the IOC agreed, but she'd Olympic debut of her sport in 2014 (Sochi) not live. She was a favorite for the gold medal. [2]

She came regularly in ski films like Seven Sunny Days 2007.

Burke married on September 25, 2010 with skier Rory Bushfield.

On January 10, 2012 Burke was seriously injured while training in Park City, Utah. [3]  While practicing a new trick she fell after a successful landing on her head. Although her ​​first minor injuries seemed Burke was a bit later cardiac arrest, after which she was transferred to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City . There she ended up in a coma, on January 19, 2012 she died of her injuries. ==Results [ edit] == ===World Championships [ edit] === ===World Cup [ Edit] ===