Katie Ormerod

Katie Ormerod
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 (age 27)
Bradford, England[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Great Britain
Winter X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Aspen Women's Slopestyle

Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics[2][3][4][5] and 2022 Winter Olympics.[6] She is from Brighouse, West Yorkshire.[3]

Career

Ormerod narrowly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics when she was 16.[5] 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. 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.[5][7]

In May 2014, then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080, one of the most complex manoeuvres in snowboarding, which involves three rotations and two inverted flips.[8][9][10]

In the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.[4] She was described as "arguably Britain's best medal chance for Pyeongchang 2018",[5] 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.[11]

In March 2020, the then 22-year-old won the overall Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup, becoming the first British woman to win a Crystal Globe.

In the 2022 Winter Olympics, she has been selected to compete in the women's slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.[6]

Personal life

Katie Ormerod started snowboarding aged 5 when she went to Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre with her family, who were all keen snowboarders.[12] 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.".[12] In 2020 she began to study for a BSc in Sport Coaching and Development at Manchester Metropolitan University under the university's elite sports scholarship scheme.[13]

Her cousin is Jamie Nicholls who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Katie ORMEROD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Katie Ormerod". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Team GB skiing and snowboarding contingent confirmed for Beijing 2022". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ "X Games Aspen 2017 - Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Results". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Female Snowboarder Lands Double Cork 1080 On Camera, And It Is Stunning". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "She Just Landed the First Female Double Cork 1080". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "World's FIRST female double cork 1080 - Katie Ormerod". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod ruled out of Games in Pyeongchang with fractured heel". BBC. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b "'I'm Definitely One Of The Contenders For An Olympic Medal' - The Katie Ormerod Interview". Mpora. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Meet this year's University Sport Scholars". Manchester Metropolitan University. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Katie ORMEROD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.