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Sarah Burke
Canada
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…
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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.
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2006
Push
Movie Self
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2005
Whiteshine
Movie Self
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2004
Redtape
Movie Self
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2004
Yearbook
Movie Sarah Burke
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2003
Exact Science
Movie Self
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2002
Salad Days (TGR)
Movie Herself
