For no matter how many times Julie Parisien hears that she is just part of a new, strong women’s team going to France, that the Olympics are just part of the large international ski picture, ...

MERIBEL, France — An Olympic medal was all but certain for U.S. skier Julie Parisien of Auburn, Maine, in the women’s slalom yesterday but she blew her chances in the second run. Parisien, 20 ...

Olympians are not supposed to have such problems. Julie Parisien, a 20-year-old from Auburn, Maine, is one of her sport`s young and promising stars. She was enjoying a bang-up slalom season on the … ...

Julie had the longest career of Maine's first family of skiing. She was on the U.S. Ski Team for nine years and competed in three winter Olympics (1992, 1994 and 1998) before retiring at age 28.

Julie Parisien says her skiing career was ruined when her brother was killed by a drunken driver in 1992. “He was the motivator for me and my sister,” she said Thursday. “I performed for him ...

Editor’s note: This weekend the Audi FIS World Cup returns to New England for the first time in more than 25 years with races at Killington, Vermont. A quarter ...

AUBURN — The Lost Valley Racing Club held the 27th annual JP Parisien Memorial Race at Lost Valley on Sunday. More than 200 racers as young as 6 years old competed on the slalom course. The race ...

Winning America’s second silver medal in the World Alpine Championships in Japan this week wasn’t good enough for Julie Parisien. Ranked No. 1 in the world in the slalom, Parisien was hoping ...

Julie Parisien grew up in Auburn and learned to ski at Lost Valley. She won three World Cup races during her career. The race was hosted by the Lost Valley Racing Club. Copy the Story Link.

Julie Parisien’s Winter Olympics snapshot is distorted, smudged with tragedy and bitterness. There were no parades down Main Street USA. No welcome home ceremonies. No lucrative endorsement deals.

But when you’re losing, it seems your world is full of more analysts, self-styled shrinks and media than you can ski away from.Such is the case with Julie Parisien, who competes today in the ...