Betsy Shaw

Betsy Shaw (born December 20, 1965) is an American snowboarder who competed in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

[5] She qualified for and competed in the 1998 Olympics snowboarding competition,[6] along with American teammates Sondra Van Ert, Rosey Fletcher, and Lisa Kosglow.

She was predicted to medal in the competition, but was disqualified for falling and missing a gate, and did not receive a score.

[7] Shaw's teammate Fletcher explained that the snow was full of hard ice chunks, or "death cookies", which the US athletes were not used to.

Career-wise, she is now a blogger and editor at the website Babycenter, and teaches skiing and snowboarding to children.