Isabella Wright (born February 10, 1997), known as Bella, is an American

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from

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. She focuses on the speed events of downhill and

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, and made her World Cup debut in December 2019 in a downhill at Lake Louise,

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. Wright represented the

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at the

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; just outside the top twenty in the downhill and

, she was fourteenth in the combined, won by teammate

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine skier who has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history (men or women) and is considered one of the greatest alp ...

. She represented the

at the

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, and finished 21st in the

event.

World Cup results

Season standings

Top fifteen finishes

*0 podiums, 2 top tens (2 DH)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Isabella 1997 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Skiers from Salt Lake City Sportspeople from American Fork, Utah 21st-century American sportswomen