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Lea Ann PARSLEY -!
Lea Ann Parsley
American skeleton racer
Lea Ann Parsley (born June 12, 1968) is a retired Americanskeleton racer from Granville, Ohio. She was the first female skeleton athlete to win a world cup medal for the United States and earned a silver medal in the women's skeleton event, a first in Olympic history, during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.
She was also one of eight athletes chosen to carry the World Trade Center flag into the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]
Biography
Personal life
Parsley was born in Logan, West Virginia and is a descendant of the McCoy family of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud.
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She grew up in Granville, Ohio where she served as a volunteer firefighter for 20 years and was inducted into the Granville High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Athletic career
Collegiate
Parsley was a two sport scholarship athlete at Marshall University competing in basketball and track and field.
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