Caroline Powell (skier) explained

Caroline Powell
Birth Date:29 June 1994
Birth Place:Basildon, Essex

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

Life

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://sochi.paralympics.org.uk/athletes/caroline-powell Caroline Powell
  2. Web site: Caroline Powell . Sochi Paralympics . 10 March 2014 . 12 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160912201951/http://sochi.paralympics.org.uk/athletes/caroline-powell . dead .
  3. Web site: UK Sport congratulates Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell on winning ParalympicsGB's first medal in Sochi . UKsport . 10 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Winter Paralympics: Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell claim fourth medal. 14 March 2014. The Guardian.
  5. Web site: Etherington becomes GB's most successful female Winter paralympian . ESPN . 14 March 2014 . 23 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314210836/http://www.espn.co.uk/olympic-sports/sport/story/291309.html . 14 March 2014 .