{"id":39814,"date":"2024-06-06T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=39814"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:10:36","slug":"olympic-and-world-cup-coach-named-to-head-up-west-mountains-fis-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2024\/06\/olympic-and-world-cup-coach-named-to-head-up-west-mountains-fis-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic And World Cup Coach Named To Head Up West Mountain\u2019s FIS Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39815\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/06\/westmt-v-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/06\/westmt-v-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/06\/westmt-v.png 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresita Birkner will coach the women\u2019s FIS team at West Mountain this winter.<br \/>Courtesy of West Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>West Mountain has hired Olympic and World Cup Coach Teresita Birkner as head women\u2019s FIS coach for West Mountain Racing. Her daughters, Macarena and Belen, individually or collaboratively, will serve as her FIS assistants helping<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>U16 athletes to transition to FIS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited for our young women FIS athletes to be coached and mentored by such a strong, powerful, globally accomplished and recognized ski racing family,\u201d said Sara Montgomery, program director of West Mountain Racing and general manager at West Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the family\u2019s past and recent accomplishments and qualifications include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Coach Teresita: mother and coach of three very accomplished ski racing daughters; Head Coach Argentina Nat. Ski Team; 30 years coaching all disciplines FIS World Level, including but not limited to, four Olympics, 13 World Championships, six FIS Jr World Championships; South American Cup Titles-33 overall, 34 SL, 31 GS, 22 SG, 11 DH, five Combined; Argentina National Ski Championships-33 GS, 32 SL, 2 DH, 6 SG.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Macarena: Racing: four-time Olympian 2002-2014; seven FIS World Championships; 143 FIS World Cups; two FIS Junior Worlds; 68 European Cups; 18 North American Cups. Coaching: 2004-present all levels nationally and world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Belen: Racing: three-time Olympian; 128 FIS World Cups; nine FIS World Ski Championships; three Junior World Ski Championships; 96 European Cups; 12-time overall winner FIS South American Cup; 24-time winner of National Championships. Coaching: Argentina 2015-2023; World 2005-2023 Italy, Xinjiang, Utah, European Cup FIS.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and for FIS Applications, visit www.westmtracing.com or contact Program Director Sara Montgomery at &#x73;&#97;r&#x61;&#64;w&#x65;&#115;t&#x6d;&#x6f;&#117;&#x6e;&#x74;&#97;i&#x6e;&#46;c&#x6f;&#109;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Mountain has hired Olympic and World Cup Coach Teresita Birkner as head women\u2019s FIS coach for West Mountain Racing. Her daughters, Macarena and Belen, individually or collaboratively, will serve as her FIS assistants helping\u00a0 U16 athletes to transition to FIS. \u201cWe are so excited for our young women FIS athletes to be coached and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":39816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Olympic And World Cup Coach Named To Head Up West Mountain\u2019s FIS Program - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2024\/06\/olympic-and-world-cup-coach-named-to-head-up-west-mountains-fis-program\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olympic And World Cup Coach Named To Head Up West Mountain\u2019s FIS Program - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"West Mountain has hired Olympic and World Cup Coach Teresita Birkner as head women\u2019s FIS coach for West Mountain Racing. 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