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2023
No. R-135. House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont-associated 2023
International Ski and Snowboard Federation World Championship medalists.
(H.C.R.109)
Offered by: Representatives Lipsky of Stowe, Branagan of Georgia, Cole of Hartford,
Dolan of Waitsfield, LaBounty of Lyndon, Rice of Dorset, Sibilia of Dover, Torre of
Moretown, and Williams of Granby Whereas, the Vermont climate and terrain have enabled the Green Mountain State to
play an incubating role in the history of North American skiing, and Whereas, the 2023 International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) World Championships held at Méribel, France (Alpine), Planica, Slovenia (Nordic), and Bakuriani, Georgia (snowboarding) proved a fantastic medal-winning opportunity for competitors who either were educated in Vermont or reside in the State, and Whereas, Laurence St-Germain, (University of Vermont [UVM]) won the gold medal at the 2023 FIS World Championships, Canada’s first slalom gold since 1960, and Whereas, Mikaela Shiffrin (Burke Mountain Academy) increased her FIS World Championship medal tally to 14, a modern-era record, by earning her first gold medal in
the FIS World Championship giant slalom and a silver medal in both the super-G and the slalom competitions, and Whereas, two members of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Alpine mixed team parallel were Nina O’Brien (Burke Mountain Academy) and Paula Moltzan (UVM), and Whereas, AJ Ginnis (Green Mountain Valley School) won a silver medal in the slalom,
Greece’s first-ever winter sports medal, and Whereas, on the cross-country trails, Jessie Diggins won the gold medal in the women’s
10K skate, the first individual World Championship gold medal for the U.S. team, and she and Julia Kern (both members of the SMS T2 Team, the elite program housed at the Stratton Mountain School) won the bronze medal for their joint effort in the freestyle team sprint, and Whereas, at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships, Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain School) secured a bronze medal in the women’s snowboard cross event, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly congratulates the Vermont-associated 2023 International Ski and Snowboard Federation World Championship medalists, and be it further Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
each athlete honored in this resolution.
VT LEG #370765 v.1