Katie Ormerod
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Katie Ormerod". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ a b Westby, Nick (25 January 2018). "Summerhayes' sisters and Ormerod headline Yorkshire's 'magnificent seven' for PyeongChang". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ "X Games Aspen 2017 - Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Results". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Female Snowboarder Lands Double Cork 1080 On Camera, And It Is Stunning". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "She Just Landed the First Female Double Cork 1080". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "World's FIRST female double cork 1080 - Katie Ormerod". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod ruled out of Games in Pyeongchang with fractured heel". BBC. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b "'I'm Definitely One Of The Contenders For An Olympic Medal' - The Katie Ormerod Interview". Mpora. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
External links
- Big Air with Katie Ormerod a BBC multimedia presentation
- Katie Ormerod performing the World's first female double cork 1080 on YouTube
- Katie Ormerod on the official British Ski and Snowboard site
- Katie Ormerod on Twitter