Lisa Kosglow (born 18 October 1973) is an

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, born in

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. She competed in women's giant slalom at the

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in Nagano, and in women's parallel giant slalom at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

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. Kosglow is a two-time silver medalist at the ISF World Championships and won multiple National Championship titles in snowboard racing. Kosglow retired in 2006 after a 13 year career with the US national team.

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