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Caroline Powell (skier)

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Caroline Powell
Born (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 30)
Basildon, Essex
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Downhill, visually impaired (guide)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Slalom, visually impaired (guide)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Combined, visually impaired (guide)
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Super-G, visually impaired (guide)

Caroline Powell (born 29 June 1994) is a British skier, ski instructor, sighted guide and Paralympian.

Life

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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

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  1. ^ Caroline Powell Archived 12 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Soci Paralympics, retrieved 23 March 2014
  2. ^ "Caroline Powell". Sochi Paralympics. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ^ "UK Sport congratulates Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell on winning ParalympicsGB's first medal in Sochi". UKsport. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Winter Paralympics: Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell claim fourth medal". The Guardian. 14 March 2014.
  5. ^ 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.
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