Harriet Miller-Brown Explained

Harriet Miller-Brown
Gender:Female
Birth Date:5 September 1991
Birth Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Height:1.63m
Wcdebut:N/A
Retired:2013
Olympicmedals:N/A

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

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. In 2007, Miller-Brown won the Otago Daily Times Class Act Award for academic excellence, and since 2014 has studied mechanical engineering at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.[8] [9]

Since leaving the snow, Miller-Brown has worked for Meridian Energy as a gate engineer with an interest in accumulators.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MILLER-BROWN Harriet - Biographie. data.fis-ski.com. en. 2017-08-27.
  2. News: Class Act: Where are they now?. 2017-08-09. Otago Daily Times Online News. 2017-08-27. en.
  3. "Harriet Miller-Brown" http://sportrec.qldc.govt.nz/gym/sponsored-athletes/harriet-miller-brown/ Alpine Health & Fitness, 6 February 2015 (accessed 6 February 2015)
  4. News: Ready for the robots. 2017-08-05. Otago Daily Times Online News. 2017-08-27. en.
  5. Web site: Griffin chosen to head men's ski team. Stuff. 13 August 2009. 2017-08-27.
  6. Web site: Award Register - Award Details. award.directentry.co.nz. en. 2017-08-27.
  7. Web site: Adam Barwood and Harriet Miller-Brown Victorious at National Slalom Championships ยป Snow Sports. www.snowsports.co.nz. en. 2017-08-27.
  8. News: NZ Ski Team Complete Level Two. 2011-09-20. NZISA New Zealand Snowsports Instructors Alliance. 2017-08-27. en-NZ.
  9. Web site: Class representatives University of Canterbury. The University of Canterbury. en-nz. 2017-08-27.
  10. Web site: APEX Summit 2018.