Nikki Stone '97, who won a gold medal in freestyle aerial skiing in the 1998 Olympics, is now busy as a motivational speaker.
Stone retired from skiing in 1999 after winning medals in thirty-five World Cup events. Her perseverance-including training and competing while still a student and recovering from a serious back injury-forms a basis for her talks. (Her perseverance was recognized by the College in 1998, when she was awarded an Eliphalet Nott Medal, given to alumni who through perseverance achieve great distinction.)
Stone took winter terms off to launch herself into the air at World Cup events. Taking classes in the fall and the spring, she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology. A native of Massachusetts, she now lives in Park City, Utah, and, with her husband as her manager, operates “Podium Enterprises.”
Still involved with the Olympics, she was part of a group that went to Greece to bring the Olympic flame to the start of its cross country journey across America. She also helped design the uniforms worn by the athletes in the opening ceremony and is involved with charities such as Olympic Aid.