Profile - Chemmy Alcott
| Name | Chimene (Chemmy) Alcott |
| Team(s): | British Senior Alpine Ski Team |
Year of Birth: 1982
Lives: Surrey
Major Achievements:
11th, Turin Winter Olympics, Downhill 2006
15th Downhill World Championships, Val d’Isere 2009
11th, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Super Combined, 2010
First British woman to qualify for the Alpine World Cup Finals
Chemmy has competed in three consecutive Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City, Turin and then Vancouver - at both Turin and Vancouver she finished an impressive 11th place in Downhill and Super Combined respectively. Despite a horrific accident in Lake Louise in 2010, Chemmy embarked on a remarkable road to recovery (which included competing in ITV’s Dancing on Ice) and returned to skiing on the World Cup tour in the 2012/13 season and has now set her sights on her 4th Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia in February 2014. She is currently ranked in the top 30 in the world for Super G, Giant Slalom and Combined and is an ambassador for British sport, encouraging younger athletes to pursue their dreams.
Twitter: @ChemmySki
Website: http://www.chemmyalcott.com/
