Sarah Burke
Born: 1982-09-03 in Canada
Died: 2012-01-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah in 2012.
Filmography
2006
- Push as Self
2005
- Whiteshine as Self
2003
- Exact Science as Self
2002
- Salad Days (TGR) as Herself