Name:
Veronica Brenner
Discipline:
Freestyle Skiing
Gender:
Female
Residence:
Sharon, Ontario
Place of Birth:
Scarborough, Ontario
Date of Birth:
October 18, 1974
Height:
1.71 meters (5'7")
Weight:
61 kilograms (134 lbs)
Events:
Women's Aerials
Nagano, 1997
Salt Lake, 2002
Brenner started alpine
racing at age 5. A neighbor convinced her to try freestyle because Brenner
had a gymnastics background. Brenner started moguls at 13 and aerials at
16.
Skiers choose a point on the in-run to begin, calculating the location
carefully to attain the necessary speed to execute a planned maneuver.
Concave aerial's ramps come in various heights -- the smallest is used
primarily for training. The radius of the concave section of the big and
medium jumps varies. The competitor chooses the one most suitable for the
planned maneuver. Both men and women compete with multiple twisting somersaults
Skiers will drop from a height equal to that of a three- or four-story
building. The landing area has a 37-degree gradient and is covered in soft,
churned snow to absorb the impact of the landings.
In aerial competitions, athletes perform various combinations
of flips and twists off snow-packed jumps as high as 4 meters (13 feet),
with takeoff angles as steep as 70 degrees.
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