Rosie Mancari

Rosie Mancari was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska.^[1] Her parents own Denali Sightseeing Safari, a company which provides tours of Denali National Park via truck.^[2] She has two sisters and one brother.^[1] Rosie began snowboarding competitively at age fourteen.^[1][2] Rosie graduated early from South High to move to Steamboat Springs, Colorado to further her training in slalom and giant slalom racing.^[2][3][4] She then switched to snowboardcross.^[2] She attended the University of Alaska Anchorage.^[1]

Mancari began competing on the NorAm snowboardcross circuit in 2014. After two years, she moved up to the World Cup level.^[2] At her first World Cup competition in Montafon, Austria, she placed 31st.^[2] In 2017, she placed 18th at the snowboardcross world championships.^[1] In December 2017, she placed 14th at a snowboardcross competition in Cervina, Italy.^[5] In January, she placed 25th at a competition in Erzurum, Turkey.^[5] After failing to clinch an Olympic spot on the United States Olympic team, she was named to the team snowboardcross for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang as a discretionary pick.^[1][5][6]