SCOTT MACARTNEY

Hometown Kirkland, WA
Birthplace Seattle, WA
Birthdate 01/19/78
US Ski Team Years 10
Height 5-11 / 1.8
Weight 202 / 91.63
Club Crystal Mountain
School Dartmouth '04
Equipment Nordica, POC, Swix, Crystal Mtn.
Website www.scottmacartney.com
The son of volunteer ski patrol parents, two-time Olympian Scott Macartney was a four-event skier growing up in Washington state, but he narrowed his focus to speed events as his best route to the World Cup and the Olympics. Good decision. He's overcome several injuries and gone on to race at two Olympics and at the World Championships in addition to winning a NorAm super G title and climbing onto a World Cup podium.
FIRST TRACKS
On skis at 3, Macartney started racing at 7 at Crystal Mountain where his parents were (and remain) volunteer Ski Patrol members on weekends. A strong slalom skier, he was Western J3 slalom gold medalist in '93, J2 SL champ in '94, silver medalist in slalom at the '95 J1-2 Western Junior Olympics, J1 SL champ in '96, and national junior super G champ in '97. By "99, he was a fledgling downhiller, grabbing the bronze medal at Junior Worlds.
FIRST WORLD CUP:
Nov. 27, 1999 at Beaver Creek, CO (37th in DH)
OLYMPIC/WORLDS:
2007 Worlds - 30th in DH, 31st in SG. 2006 Olympics - 7th in SG, 15th in DH, 16th in CO. 2005 Worlds - 28th in super G. 2002 Olympics - 25th in super G, 29th in DH
On skis at 3, Macartney started racing at 7 at Crystal Mountain where his parents were (and remain) volunteer Ski Patrol members on weekends. A strong slalom skier, he was Western J3 slalom gold medalist in '93, J2 SL champ in '94, silver medalist in slalom at the '95 J1-2 Western Junior Olympics, J1 SL champ in '96, and national junior super G champ in '97. By "99, he was a fledgling downhiller, grabbing the bronze medal at Junior Worlds.
FIRST WORLD CUP:
Nov. 27, 1999 at Beaver Creek, CO (37th in DH)
OLYMPIC/WORLDS:
2007 Worlds - 30th in DH, 31st in SG. 2006 Olympics - 7th in SG, 15th in DH, 16th in CO. 2005 Worlds - 28th in super G. 2002 Olympics - 25th in super G, 29th in DH
FINISHING THE STATEMENT WITH SCOTT MACARTNEY.....
THE BEST....
RACE THIS PAST SEASON: Val Gardena, executed my plan, skied cleand and did what I wanted to which resulted in ending up on the podium (3rd)
MOUNTAIN TO TRAIN AT: Portillo, Chile and days following Beaver Creek World Cup
MOUNTAIN ON A POWDER DAY: Whistler
WAY TO SPEND A DAY NOT SKIING: Good Surfing day - nices waves and warm water
IF I.......
COULD WIN ANYTHING, I'D: Win Olympic DH
HAD ALL THE MONEY I WANTED I WOULD: Chase Powder and waves
SOME PEOPLE....
LIKE SKIING ALONE BUT I REALLY LIKE SKIING WITH: Marco Sullivan
KNOW ME BECAUSE I SKI, OTHER PEOPLE KNOW ME BECAUSE I: Crashed on You Tube
THE SKILL.....
I'M KNOWN FOR: PR Skills
I USE TO GET THE LADIES: Swing Dancing
I USE OFF THE HILL: Organization of fundraisers and ski team events
THESE DAYS I'M.....
LISTENING: Soundtrack for Into The Wild
WATCHING: The Daily Show
THE NEXT BIG.....
Racer: TJ Lanning and Andrew Wiebrecht
SPORT: Celebrity gone hunting (hunting with the stars)
IF I WASN'T.....
Training or Racing I would Focus on: Applying my extensive Education
A PRO SKIER I WOULD: Be working 9-5 for the man
IF I WAS.....
FORCED TO WORK IN A CUBICLE AND COULDN'T KILL MYSELF I'D": Get fired by the Bob's
A ROCKET SCIENTIST THE FIRST THING I'D SOLVE IS: Global Warming
Scott is back after his horrific crash in Kitzbuhel
Scotty describes his run down the Lauberhorn
