Katie Summerhayes

Two-time Olympic freestyle skier Katie Summerhayes is one ofthe most accomplished athletes in the sport. An adrenaline-fuelled event thatsees competitors tackle a variety of obstacles, including jumps and rails. Shehas competed at the Winter Olympics and won two medals at FIS World Cup and onemedal at FIS World Championships. In 2012 she had the honour of being the flagcarrier at the Winter Youth Olympics, but her biggest successes were still yetto come.

The Sheffield-born star learned to ski at the city’s nowclosed Ski Village. She mastered the half pipe and freestyle area early on andlater trained with the similarly legendary British skier, James “Woodsy” Woods.In 2013, Katie became the first British female skier to win a World Cup medalevent for 19 years after she came second in the slopestyle competition inSilvaplana. Just a year later came the Sochi Winter Olympics and afterqualifying third, Katie placed in 7th in the slopestyle final. She then went onto win a gold medal in the 2014 Junior World Championships in Italy, andachieved the honour of becoming the first ever British female to win a medal ina World Championship freestyle skiing event when she placed in second and tookhome a silver medal at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships.Katie Summerhayes has overcome numerous injuries to reach her eventual successand is a truly inspirational figure in the world of sport.