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Caitie Sarubbi

Sport: Alpine Skiing
Residence: Brooklyn, NY

For most people, taking on the challenge of making the 2010 U.S. Paralympic Team to compete at the Paralympic Winter Games is enough of a task to handle on its own. But, Caitie Sarubbi is not most people. Sarubbi has just begun her freshman year at Harvard University and in addition to her academic studies, she will be ski racing full-time.

Shortly after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Sarubbi, the daughter of a New York firefighter, was invited to be a guest with her father at The Hartford Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge, Colorado. Though she was only 11 years old at the time, the experience led Sarubbi to decide on an athletic career in skiing.

Sarubbi was born with a rare syndrome, that only about 13 people in the world have, called Ablepharon Macrostomia Syndrome (AMS). AMS caused Sarubbi to be born without eyelids, which led to her having over 56 surgeries and left her visually impaired.

Career Achievements

  • 2010: Silver Medal, super G- World Cup Finals
  • 2010: 2 Gold Medals, downhill & slalom; 2 Silver Medals super G and giant slalom- Hartford U.S. National Championships
  • 2010: Three top 10 finishes at the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada: giant slalom 10th place, super G 8th place & super combined 6th place
  • 2009: 2 Silver Medals, giant slalom & slalom- New Zealand Winter Games
  • 2009: 4 Silver Medals, giant slalom, slalom, super G & downhill- Hartford U.S. National Championships, Winter Park, CO
  • 2009: Slalom- 4th Place & Giant Slalom 5th Place- World Cup Finals, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2009: Silver Medal slalom & Gold Medal giant slalom- Huntsman Cup, Park City, UT

Caitie works closely with The Hartford, Founding Partner of U.S. Paralympics®, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, helping to positively change public attitudes and perceptions about disability. To learn more about Caitie, visit her website:
www.caitlinsarubbi.com