Jamie Crane-Mauzy

Jamie Crane-Mauzy (Jamie MoCrazy) is an American freestyle skier and motivational speaker.^[1][2][3]

Jamie Crane-Mauzy

Personal information
Born	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10) (age 32) Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Medal record Women's freestyle skiing Representing the  United States Junior World Championships 2010 Otago Slopestyle

Life and career

Jamie Crane-Mauzy was born in Westport, Connecticut. At the age of 9, she won State Championships in gymnastics and skiing.^[4] She graduated with a BA in Communications from Westminster College in 2019.^[5]

Crane-Mauzy was the first female skier to land a double backflip in a competition at the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado.^[6] Her professional career ended after a skiing accident in 2015, and she now works as a motivational speaker.

In 2023, Crane-Mauzy co-directed the short documentary #MoCrazyStrong, along with Mark Locki, which premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, won the best biographical documentary short at the Atlanta DocuFest.^[7][8]

2015 skiing accident

On April 11, 2015, Crane-Mauzy was involved in a serious accident while competing in the World Tour Finals in Whistler. In an attempt to move up from fourth place, she upgraded her flat 3 to a double flat seven. She completed the jump and landed on her feet, but caught her edge and whiplashed her head onto the snow. Her brain immediately began bleeding in 8 different spots and her brain stem was damaged, causing complete paralysis on her right side. She was treated in Vancouver General Hospital, where she remained for 8 days before again being transported to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT.^[9]

Freestyle skiing results

• 2010 1st Junior World Championships, New Zealand^[10]
• 2013 7th Winter X Games XVII (Slopestyle) Aspen, Colorado^[11]
• 2015 13th FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships (Slopestyle) Kreischberg, Austria^[12]
• 2015 13th FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships (halfpipe) Kreischberg, Austria^[13]

References

1. "Jamie MoCrazy's Horrific Ski Crash, And How She's Overcoming It". forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
2. "World Champion Pro Athlete Jamie Crane-Mauzy on holistic health, mental wellness, and recovery after brain injury". glamour.co.za. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
3. "Coming Back From Traumatic Brain Injury — An Interview With Jamie and Jeanee Crane-Mauzy About the #MoCrazyStrong Documentary". snowbrains.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
4. "A record-breaking freestyle skier shares her journey to recovery following traumatic brain injury". kjrh.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
5. "Find Where You're Going". westminstercollege.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
6. "2013's 20 best X Games firsts". xgames.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
7. "#MoCrazyStrong". bigskyfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
8. "ATLANTA DOCUFEST AWARDS". docufest.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
9. "World class skier bounces back after traumatic brain injury, thanks to breakthrough treatment". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
10. "Four Americans top Ski Slopestyle podium at Junior Worlds". skiracing.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
11. "X Games Aspen 2013 - Women's Ski Slopestyle". xgames.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
12. "FIS FREESTYLE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015" (PDF). data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
13. "FIS FREESTYLE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 RESULTS - QUALIFICATION Ladies' Ski Halfpipe" (PDF). medias2.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

External links

• Official website