Harriet Miller-Brown

Harriet Miller-Brown
— Alpine skier ♀ —
Born (1991-09-05) 5 September 1991
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup debut N/A
Retired 2013
Olympics
Medals N/A

Harriet Miller-Brown (born 5 September, 1991) is a retired New Zealand alpine ski racer.[1]

Miller-Brown was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1991 and educated at Wakatipu High School in Queenstown.[1][2] She started skiing at the age of 3, and started ski racing at the age of 8. Miller-Brown has competed in the World Junior Nationals in Switzerland, the Australia New Zealand Cup, and the World Championships in Austria.[3]

Miller-Brown was a member of the New Zealand national ski team for 6 years.[4][5] In 2007 and 2008, she held the New Zealand Ski Association Women's Slalom Champion Cup.[6] In 2013, she competed in the FIS National Ski Racing Championships and won the New Zealand national women's title.[7]

She is also a qualified snowsports instructor, and has coached children in ski racing.[2] In 2007, Miller-Brown won the Otago Daily TimesClass Act Award for academic excellence,[2] and since 2014 has studied mechanical engineering at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "MILLER-BROWN Harriet - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "Class Act: Where are they now?". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  3. ↑ "Harriet Miller-Brown" Alpine Health & Fitness, 6 February 2015 (accessed 6 February 2015)
  4. ↑ "Ready for the robots". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Griffin chosen to head men's ski team". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  6. ↑ "Award Register - Award Details". award.directentry.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Adam Barwood and Harriet Miller-Brown Victorious at National Slalom Championships » Snow Sports". www.snowsports.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  8. ↑ "NZ Ski Team Complete Level Two". NZISA | New Zealand Snowsports Instructors Alliance. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  9. ↑ "Class representatives | University of Canterbury". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
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