- 2010 U.S. Olympic Team member (Vancouver, Canada)
- 2009 Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships, Moguls- 1st Place
- 2009 World Cup, Moguls- 2nd Place
- 2008 U.S. National Championships, Moguls- 1st Place
- 2008 World Cup, Lake Placid, NY- 1st Place
- 2008 World Cup, Mont Gabriel- 3rd Place
- 2006 Olympic Team member (Torino, Italy)
- 2005-2007 Five World Cup wins, seven other Top-3 placements
- 2007 World Cup, moguls (Inawashiro, JPN) - 2nd place
High-energy Olympian Michelle Roark is a seasoned champion. To date, Michelle has 6 World Cup wins and numerous other top-ranking victories. A veteran of the sport, Michelle continues to prove to the world that she will do whatever it takes to reach the top. The 2009-2010 competition circuit marked her 12th year on the U.S. Ski Team. Her enthusiasm for life and passion for the sport she loves is contagious and she was thrilled to be part of the 2010 Olympic Freestyle Ski Team.
The Junior National moguls champion in ’90, Roark headed to college for a few seasons, managing to put herself through school at Colorado School of Mines, studying Chemical Engineering while competing and training at a world class level.
Roark continually to pushed the limits of the sport. In 2007, she finished 2nd in Inawashiro, Japan with the first “720” jump successfully performed by a woman in a World Cup competition.
In 2008 and 2009 Michelle won back-to-back U.S. National Championships. Finishing a strong 2009-2010 season, Michelle landed a spot on the Olympic team for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Michelle Roark is not only an accomplished athlete, she is a business entrepreneur as well. She started a natural perfume and cosmetics line based on the “Divine Proportions” of the number Phi. Michelle patented, packaged and started selling her own product line called “Phi-Nomenal.”
8.5.09
Maria Cruz Garcia, Erin Hamlin, Chellsie Memmel, Shannon Miller, Michelle Roark, Angela Ruggiero, and Ashley Wagner have joined the roster of stars at Great Friends Greetings!
Great Friends Greetings is a totally unique gift idea. Great Friends Greetings sells custom printed premium quality greeting cards that make great gifts and feature well-known sports, music, TV and movie stars.
Great Friends Greetings’ unique greeting card, containing a message designed and personalized by the customer, appears to the recipient to come directly from the athlete. They have a spectacular photo printed in front and a customer composed message inside. The cards are signed with the celebrity’s actual signature image. (read more)
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7.31.09
THE SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MIKE MARTIN TALK SHOW
US OLYMPICS EPISODE
Friday, July 31, 2009
Featuring Shade Global Winter Athletes, Angela Ruggiero, Erin Hamlin, Michelle Roark, Maria Garcia
& 2008 Olympic Gymnast Chellsie Memmel
The Mike Martin Show
Date / Time: 7/31/2009
5:00-6:30pm EST
Call-in Number: (347) 637-3716
Tune in at: www.blogtalkradio.com/mikemartintalkshow
Call in with comments & questions for these outstanding American heroes!
This episode of the Mike Martin Talk Show is jam-packed with Olympic athlete interviews and Olympic talk, including: 3-Time Ice Hockey Olympic Medalist & World Champion- Angela Ruggiero; 2009 Luge World Champion & Olympian- Erin Hamlin, 2008 Olympic Gymnastics Silver Medalist & 2005 All-Around World Champion- Chellsie Memmel; World Cup, National Champion & Olympic Skier- Michelle Roark; and American Record Holder & Olympic Speedskater Maria Cruz Garcia! (read more)
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5.4.09
303 Magazine, April 2009
Dressed from head to toe in ski gear, Michelle Roark enters the coffee shop and makes her way to my table. I extend my hand, then change my mind and go for a hug. Roark possesses the kind of friendly demeanor and exuberant energy that draws a person in.
She apologizes profusely for not having had a chance to change, then unzips her black ski jacket to reveal a pink striped scarf and pink sweater underneath. “I have to wear jackets that make me look like a boy!” she exclaims. “Where’s the sequins?”
Coming from a figure skating background, the inner girly girl in her often butts heads with the exterior tomboy skier. “I always try to combine figure skating and skiing,” she says, referring to times when she’s “dressed up” her ski outfits with fur cuffs. A fan of rhinestones and anything sparkly, she wants nothing more than “to be on Dancing With the Stars. I want to learn to dance, and I want to wear those outfits!”
This skater-turned-skier is a multiple World Cup champion and a silver medalist who competes for the U.S. Ski Team. Roark’s journey finally landed her in the 2006 Olympics, after she sustained multiple knee injuries that kept her out of the 1994 Winter Olympics, as well as out of the1998 and 2002 games. When I ask for details about her injuries, she laughs nervously and asks not to talk about them, worried that talking might bring bad luck. She then knocks on wood and asks me to do the same.
Roark’s ski career is just one of many foundations she’s established for herself. A chemical engineer (Roark is two classes away from earning a degree from the Colorado School of Mines), she’s created her own line of perfumes, Phi-nomenal, to enhance the ski experience. “Skiing is all about being in tune with all five senses, and I couldn’t find a smell I liked, so I wanted to make my own.” She studied medicinal purposes of essential oils to combine them in a way that would enhance the sense of smell. No easy achievement, considering it takes her a year to develop each fragrance, but she’s up to five fragrances for women and is working on a second one for men. (read more)
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