Katie Ormerod

Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1][2][3][4] She is from Brighouse, West Yorkshire.[2]

Katie Ormerod
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Lineball
Representing  Great Britain
Winter X Games
2017 AspenWomen's Slopestyle

Career

Ormerod narrowly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics when she was 16.[4] In November 2016, she was placed third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang, a test event for the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and in January 2017 she won the Big Air World Cup event in Moscow and a bronze medal in the Women's SlopeStyle at the Winter X Games XXI in Aspen.[4][5]

In May 2014, then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080, one of the most complex maneuvers in snowboarding which involves three rotations and two inverted flips.[6][7][8]

In the 2018 Winter Olympics she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.[3] She was described as "arguably Britain's best medal chance for Pyeongchang 2018",[4] but was forced to withdraw from the Games after breaking her heel in two places in training. She had previously broken her wrist, but was determined to compete.[9]

Personal life

Katie Ormerod started snowboarding aged 5, when she went to Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre with her family, who were all keen snowboarders.[10] Speaking of her early years snowboarding, Ormerod noted "I kept snowboarding there every week, and then started going to the local snowdome. The whole time, I was balancing snowboarding with gymnastics as well, which really helped.".[10]

References
  1. "Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018". Snowsport England. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. "Katie Ormerod". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. Westby, Nick (25 January 2018). "Summerhayes' sisters and Ormerod headline Yorkshire's 'magnificent seven' for PyeongChang". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. Bell, Graham (21 September 2017). "Meet Katie Ormerod, the 20-year-old snowboarder who could be Team GB's greatest Winter Olympic medal hope". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. "X Games Aspen 2017 - Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Results". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. "Female Snowboarder Lands Double Cork 1080 On Camera, And It Is Stunning". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "She Just Landed the First Female Double Cork 1080". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "World's FIRST female double cork 1080 - Katie Ormerod". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod ruled out of Games in Pyeongchang with fractured heel". BBC. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "'I'm Definitely One Of The Contenders For An Olympic Medal' - The Katie Ormerod Interview". Mpora. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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