Para-alpine skier, Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, won gold on Tuesday in the women's super combined standing at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. If earning her first-career gold wasn't enough, the 18-year-old now has earned three medals in Pyeongchang.
Mollie Jepsen added a gold medal to her existing bronze by winning the women's standing super-combined slalom on Day 4 of the Paralympic Winter Games #WinningFace #GreatnessIsRare pic.twitter.com/QWLtXeoa2I
— CDN Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) March 13, 2018
She was the first Canadian to podium with a bronze in the women's standing Super-G, and today, she earned another bronze in the giant slalom standing.
🚨🥉BRONZE🥉🚨Why 2 when you can get 3 🤷🏻♀️! Congratulations Mollie Jepsen for this third medal at #PeyongChang2018 in para alpine skiing! 🎉🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/rkZCbkiTmz
— Sport Canada (@SportCanada_EN) March 14, 2018
Jepsen joined the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team in 2016 and the following year, she received a Rising Strong Award from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club.
Prior to the Paralympics, she placed second in a Europa Cup giant slalom race and first in an IPCAS race.
In February, she podiumed three times at the World Cup Final in Kimberley, B.C.
Her third medal at these games, you can see Mollie Jepsen race to bronze in the giant slalom. pic.twitter.com/7IMnmsat00
— CDN Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) March 14, 2018
