Caroline Powell (skier)
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Caroline Powell (born 29 June 1994) is a British skier, ski instructor, sighted guide and Paralympian.
Life
[edit]Powell was born in 1994 and was skiing by the age of two. She first appeared for the British ski team at Champery, Les Crosets in January 2010. She is a qualified ski instructor and coach.[1]
At the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games, as guide for visually impaired skier Jade Etherington, she won silver medals in the women's downhill,[2][3] women's slalom and women's combined skiing events, as well as winning a bronze medal in the women's super-G.[4]
After winning a silver medal in the Super-G, visually impaired event on 14 March 2014, she and Jade Etherington became Great Britain's most successful female Winter Paralympians,[5] and the first Britons to win four medals at one Paralympics.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Caroline Powell Archived 12 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Soci Paralympics, retrieved 23 March 2014
- ^ "Caroline Powell". Sochi Paralympics. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "UK Sport congratulates Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell on winning ParalympicsGB's first medal in Sochi". UKsport. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Winter Paralympics: Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell claim fourth medal". The Guardian. 14 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Etherington becomes GB's most successful female Winter paralympian". ESPN. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- British female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Basildon
- Paralympic alpine skiers for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic sighted guides
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing