Katie Summerhayes (born 8 October 1995) is an English freestyle skier.[1] Summerhayes competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She has won two medals at FIS World Cup and one medals at FIS World Championships[2]Summerhayes carried the flag at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
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| Born | 8 October 1995 Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) (5' 7) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg / 132 lb | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She became the first British female skier to win a medal in a World Cup event for 19 years when she finished second in the slopestyle competition in Silvaplana in February 2013.[3][4]In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she came 7th in the skiing slopestyle final after qualifying in 3rd. After the Olympics, she won a gold medal in slopestyle at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy.[5] In 2015, she became the first British female competitor to win a World Championship medal in freestyle skiing when she took a silver in the slopestyle event at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships.[6]
Summerhayes initially learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village, an artificial ski slope (now closed) with a half-pipe and freestyle area. She also trained with the Sharks Ski Club, of which James "Woodsy" Woods was also a member as a youth.