Carrie Sheinberg (born November 29, 1972) is an American former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether fo ...

Biography

Sheinberg, who is Jewish, was born in New York, New York. She lives in

Port Washington, New York Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The hamlet is the anchor community of the Greater Port Wa ...

, where she grew up, and in

Park City, Utah Park City is a city in Utah, United States. The vast majority is in Summit County, and it extends into Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake Cit ...

. A

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

skier, Sheinberg was named to the

US Ski Team The U.S. Ski Team, operating under the auspices of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, cross-country, ski jumping, and Nordic combined. Since 1974 the team and ...

at the age of 17 and was a team member for eight years. She skied in the slalom event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and was the top US finisher in the event. She won the US alpine 1995 combined title (in Park City) and 1997 slalom titles, and the 1997

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

at the US Alpine Championships in

Sugarloaf, Maine Carrabassett Valley is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 673 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water ...

. She retired in 1998. Sheinberg then attended the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of D ...

, and was a sports reporter for the ''

Salt Lake Tribune ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The ''Tribune'' is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871." History A ...

''. After two years as a producer for

ESPN Radio ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN" ...

, she worked as a reporter for

Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheinberg, Carrie 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Park City, Utah American female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Jewish American sportspeople University of Utah alumni American sports journalists People from Port Washington, New York Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York Journalists from New York City 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees Jews from New York (state) Jews from Utah