Jonna Mendes


Jonna Mendes is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events and raced for nine seasons on the World Cup circuit. Mendes competed in two Winter Olympics and four World Championships. She was the bronze medalist in the Super G at the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Born in Santa Cruz on the California coast, Mendes began skiing at age four when her family moved to the Lake Tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She made her World Cup debut in March 1997 and retired from international competition in May 2006.
Mendes won three U.S. titles: two in giant slalom and one in downhill. The first came at The Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, but was followed by a broken foot the next day, incurred in a crash near the end of her second run in the slalom. She repeated the next year at her home venue of Squaw Valley, and won the last at Alyeska in Alaska.

After racing

In 2011, Mendes became the recruiting coordinator for the new Sun Valley Ski Academy in Sun Valley, Idaho. She attended college in New York City and had been working with the U.S. Ski Team's national alpine development system for the previous four years.

World Cup results

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2001Nov 30, 2000Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill10th
2001Dec 1, 2000Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill6th
2002Dec 1, 2001Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G10th
2003Nov 29, 2002Aspen, USASuper G10th
2003Dec 6, 2002Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill9th
2003Dec 8, 2002Lake Louise, CanadaSuper G9th
2003Jan 17, 2003Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G8th
2003Jan 18, 2003Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill5th
2003Feb 28, 2003Innsbruck, AustriaSuper G8th
2004Dec 20, 2003St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill5th

Season standings

World Championship results

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