Jade Etherington

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Jade Etherington
Etherington at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
Personal information
Full nameJade Etherington
NationalityBritish
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAlpine skiing
Event(s)Downhill
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super-G
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2014 Sochi
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Downhill, visually impaired
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Slalom, visually impaired
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Combined, visually impaired
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Super-G, visually impaired
IPC World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Molina Women's Super G

Jade Etherington (born 9 March 1991)[1] is a British skier. She qualified for the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games, winning silver in the women's downhill skiing, combined and slalom, and a bronze in the Super-G. Her three silvers and a bronze at the Winter Paralympics made her the most successful female British Winter Paralympian of all time, becoming the first Briton to win four medals at one Paralympics.[2]

Personal history

Etherington was born in Chelmsford in 1991.[3][4] She was born with Axenfeld syndrome, a visual impairment which can lead to blindness; inheriting it from her mother, Amber, her three sisters also have the condition.[5] Despite undergoing multiple surgeries as a child, by the age of 17 she began to lose her sight. She describes her sight as "very blurry with little focus", and she has a recorded 5 percent vision in both eyes.[6][7] She was educated at The Deepings School in Lincolnshire before matriculating to Bishop Grosseteste University where she was awarded a degree in Education and Geography.[6][8] Etherington studied to become a geography teacher,[5] but placed her career on hold to concentrate on the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.[9]

Skiing career

Etherington began skiing while still sighted at the age of eight and continued skiing recreationally for the next ten years.[1][10] She was inspired to compete at a higher level after watching the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London.[6] In 2009 she joined the British Disabled Ski Team (BDST) at development level[11] and began racing internationally in 2011.[10]

Her original success at Europa cup and IPC alpine skiing events was achieved alongside her sighted guide Fiona Gingell, but by 2012 Etherington was forced to appeal for a new guide on her Facebook page.[6][12] After two applicants pulled out, she was left without a guide at the beginning of 2013, but soon teamed up with Caroline Powell allowing her to compete that season.[12] Etherington qualified for the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Molina, representing Great Britain. At Molina Etherington came fourth in the women’s slalom and medaled in the women’s Super-G, taking bronze.[1]

Paralympics

Etherington's debut Paralympics was the 2014 Winter Paralympics, competing for ParalympicsGB.[11] She competed in the downhill winning a silver medal with sighted guide Caroline Powell in the downhill on 8 March 2014.[13] Slovakian Henrieta Farkasova came 2.73 seconds ahead.[4] This was the first time a British woman had won a Winter Paralympic medal on snow;[4] and ParalympicsGB's first medal of the 2014 Paralympics.[13] She won a bronze medal in the women's downhill skiing,[14] and a silver in the slalom[15] and the super combined.[16] Her victory meant that she was the first and only Briton to win four medals at a single Winter Paralympics.[17] After winning a silver medal in the Super-G, visually impaired event on 14 March 2014, she became Great Britain's most successful female Winter Paralympian.[18] However, she pulled out of the Giant Slalom.[19]

She was the flag bearer for Great Britain at the Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony [20]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jade Etherington". Sochi Paralympics. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Etherington becomes GB's most successful female Winter paralympian". ESPN. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Jade Etherington". www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Hope, Nick (8 March 2014). "Sochi Paralympics: Jade Etherington wins downhill silver". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b Duffin, Claire (8 March 2014). "Jade Etherington takes historic silver at Sochi 2014 Paralympics". The Telegraph. The Telegraph Media Group. p. S12. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d Clucas, Andrew (19 September 2013). "Skiing: Inspired Jade gunning for glory at Sochi 2014". Spalding Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  7. ^ Clucas, Andrew (29 January 2014). "Skiing: Jubilant Jade races to maiden downhill gold". spaldingtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  8. ^ Clucas, Andrew (27 January 2014). "Skiing: Jade hunting history after Winter Paralympics call". Spalding Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Sochi Paralympics: Jade Etherington Wins Silver". Sky. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Elite Squad: Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell (Guide)". disabilitysnowsport.org.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Sochi 2014: GB Winter Paralympic team profiles". BBC. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  12. ^ a b "Jade Etherington". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  13. ^ a b "UK Sport congratulates Jade Etherington and guide Caroline Powell on winning ParalympicsGB's first medal in Sochi". UK Sport. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  14. ^ Davies, Gareth A. "Gallagher skis to historic gold for Britain". Telegraph Media Group. The Telegraph. pp. S17. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  15. ^ "Sochi Paralympics: Jade Etherington wins slalom silver". BBC. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Sochi Paralympics: Fourth medal for Etherington and Powell". BBC. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Winter Paralympics: Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell claim fourth medal". The Guardian. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  18. ^ "Etherington becomes GB's most successful female Winter paralympian". ESPN. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  19. ^ Davies, Gareth A. (17 March 2014). "British Winter Paralympians 'optimistic' about July funding boost after swiping six medals in Sochi". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. pp. S9. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  20. ^ "Etherington named as ParalympicsGB Flag-bearer in Recognition of Medal Success".

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