Katie Crawford

Biography

Age at Games: 17 years old

High School: Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland

Ethnicity: NZ European

Career highlight: Winning the NZ overall Junior Champion Cup in slalom for 2019

How did you get into your sport: My family are all keen skiers and we would spend the school holidays at Mt Ruapehu when I was very young. My two older sisters had already discovered ski racing and I was keen to follow  in their footsteps. When I was 11 years old my parents signed me up for a ‘learn to race’ holiday programme with the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team and I have never looked back!

What do you love about the sport: Everything! Ski racing is the most exciting sport I know, the thrill of racing down a mountain is hard to beat. You spend your days with amazing and inspirational people and get to visit beautiful places all over the world.
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Fast facts

Sport
Alpine Skiing
Birth place
Auckland
Born
2002

Olympic Winter Youth GamesLausanne 2020

Alpine Skiing(Super Giant Slalom - Women)

  • Withdrew due to training injury

Alpine Skiing(Super Combined - Women)

  • Withdrew due to training injury

Alpine Skiing(Giant Slalom - Women)

  • Performance: 2:23:25
  • Result: 30th
  • Placed: 30 of 78
  • Run 1: 1:12:58, Run 2: 1:10:67

Alpine Skiing(Slalom - Women)

  • Performance: 1:52:06
  • Result: 31st
  • Placed: 31 of 78
  • Run 1: 1:00:56 (38)
  • Run 2: 51:50 (28)