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Betsy schow6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Olympics īefore the Olympics, Shaw described herself as feeling burned out and considering retirement, but said the announcement of the addition of snowboarding to the Olympics reignited her competitive spirit. In 1995 she won the Giant Slalom, receiving the World Title, and that same year she received the bronze and silver medals for the ISF World Championships, held in Switzerland, and the snowboarding Alpine world title. She was sponsored by Burton, a snowboard manufacturer. She originally enrolled in the University of New Hampshire, but eventually transferred to the University of Vermont. In college, at age 20, she began snowboarding instead. She skied competitively, and was a member of the Burr and Burton ski team. She began skiing at the age of three with her father and siblings in Manchester, Vermont. Shaw was born in Bennington, Vermont in 1965. ![]()
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