Leanne Smith


Leanne Smith is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events.

Early life

Born in North Conway, New Hampshire, Smith attended A. Crosby Kennett High School. She spent her skiing time on the local mountain, Cranmore, where the founder of the first skiing school in the United States, Hannes Schneider, arrived from Austria. Following Cranmore, she trained with the Mount Washington Valley Ski Team, coached by Kurt Simard. Smith graduated from high school in 2005, and then attended the University of New Hampshire in Durham and raced for the Wildcats in 2006.

U.S. Ski Team

After her freshman year at UNH, Smith joined the U.S. Ski Team for the 2007 season, on the developmental team. She moved up to the World Cup team the following season and made her debut in December 2007 in Canada at Lake Louise and finished 23rd in the downhill.
Smith's best World Cup finish is 2nd in a downhill at Val-d'Isère in December 2012. She represented the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014, and at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013.

World Cup results

Season standings

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
201121 Jan 2011Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G8th
20114 Mar 2011Tarvisio, ItalySuper Combined9th
201215 Jan 2012Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G10th
201228 Jan 2012St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill7th
201215 Mar 2012Schladming, AustriaSuper G5th
20132 Dec 2012Lake Louise, CanadaSuper G8th
201314 Dec 2012Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill2nd
201319 Jan 2013Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill3rd
201320 Jan 2013Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G6th
20148 Dec 2013Lake Louise, CanadaSuper G6th

World Championship results

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