Charlie Guest

Charlie Guest
— Alpine skier ♀ —
Disciplines slalom, giant slalom
Club Scottish Ski Club
Born (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993
Perth, Scotland
Website charlieguest.co.uk
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2018)
World Championships
Teams 1 – (2015)
Medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
Representing  Great Britain
Senior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles
2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 Slalom
2014 Giant Slalom
Junior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles
2014 Slalom
2014 Giant Slalom

Charlotte 'Charlie' Guest (born 30 December 1993) is a Scottish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and competes occasionally in giant slalom.[1]

Guest made her slalom World Cup debut in 2013 at Flachau, Austria.[2][3]

At the end of 2014 she broke her spine in a skiing accident in Sweden, but by February 2016 had re-entered the top 100 rankings.[4]

In the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015, Guest finished 32 in the slalom and 43 in the giant slalom.

In January 2018 Guest was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[5] She placed 33 in the slalom and reached the quarterfinals of the inaugural mixed team event.

References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Guest". Team GB. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Guest". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Bannerman, Gordon (13 November 2013). "Charlie is GB number one". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Diamond, Claire (20 February 2016). "Broken-back skier Charlie Guest on world's top 100 list". BBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018". Snowsport England. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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