Donna Weinbrecht Freestyle Skier Age: 32, 04/23/65 Birthplace: Hoboken, NJ Residence: West Milford, NJ Height & Weight: 5'4", 125 Events: Moguls Weinbrecht tells TNT her skiing improved after she learned to lighten up (900KB)

Donna Weinbrecht has an Olympic gold medal and five World Cup titles. But as she prepares for her final season on the moguls and her final Olympics, she still is looking for the perfect run.

"I daydream," says the sport's most-decorated mogulist. "And I see this run and I don't know if I'll be able to do that. I'm sure back in '92 I wanted to do two doubles. I'm sure I've reached it, but since then I've been picturing a run with two triples. So I guess I'm still upping the ante on my daydreaming."

Weinbrecht's first Olympics -- in Albertville in 1992 -- was the stuff of dreams. She won the first-ever Olympic moguls gold medal.

She's been trying to recapture the moment ever since.

"I think I always wanted to relive what happened in '92 because it was such a powerful time for me," says Weinbrecht. "I never felt more balanced and complete as a person."

Weinbrecht's gold in the Savoie resort of Tignes was witnessed by 62 friends and family members After winning, her brother Jimmy and one of her friends carried her on their shoulders as the group sang "God Bless America." Weinbrecht appeared on "Late Nigh t with David Letterman," was feted with a parade in her hometown of West Milford, New Jersey, and presented First Lady Barbara Bush with a U.S. team jacket at a White House reception for Olympians.

"I was able to embrace it very innocently, not knowing what to expect and to really experience the Olympics," recalls Weinbrecht. "Then, having won the medal and all the outside pressures on doing that caused stressed and I ended up pushing myself too har d and hurt myself."

Weinbrecht fell while attempting a daffy-twister in 1992 and tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. After seven months of rehabilitation, she returned to dominate the World Cup circuit, winning six pre-Olympic World Cup events.

But her second Olympics was a nightmare.

Her long-time rival, Norway's Stine-Lise Hattestad, wowed her home country in Lillehammer with gold. Weinbrecht faltered -- for the first time in anyone's memory -- staggering to seventh.

"I realize now how intense it was and I brought intensity to it and didn't ski well at all," says Weinbrecht. "So I never really relaxed until the Closing Ceremony when the Japanese lady came out and said, `See you in '98' and I wanted so bad to go to '98 ."

Weinbrecht grew up a Jersey Girl, sailing, competing on the swim team and skiing in Vermont. After high school, she enrolled at the Ridgewood School of Art and Design in Mahwah, New Jersey. The design school shut down so she moved to Killington, Vermont, skiing during the day and working as a waitress at the Pasta Pot at night.

"I was always attracted to sports that were more a freedom of expression, I guess," Weinbrecht recalls. "Sports that you dealt with elements. I definitely had a loner quality, especially when you get into that party age in high school. I never partied at that time. And here I go and get myself involved in freestyle, which is a bunch of free spirits."

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