India Sherret

{{short description|Canadian freestyle skier}}

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| birth_place = Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

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| sport = Freestyle skiing

| event = Ski cross

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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2015 Valmalenco, Italy |Ski Cross}}

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India Sherret (born 29 May 1996) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in ski cross.

Sherret began skiing as part of the Kimberley alpine team, but switched to the ski cross discipline at age 14.{{cite web |url=https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/sports/india-sherret-has-2022-vision-following-first-olympic-experience/ |title=India Sherret has 2022 vision following first Olympic experience |website=cranbrooktownsman.com |accessdate=9 March 2018}} In 2015, she won the FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships in women's ski cross.{{cite web |url=http://canadaalpin.org/news/2015/sx-apr1 |title=SHERRET CLAIMS WORLD JUNIOR SKI CROSS TITLE |website=canadaalpin.org |accessdate=9 March 2018 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074251/http://canadaalpin.org/news/2015/sx-apr1 |url-status=dead }} She sat out the following season due to the need to recovery from bulimia nervosa, a condition Sherret began to suffer from at age 15.{{cite web |url=https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/sports/cranbrooks-india-sherret-nominated-to-canadian-olympic-ski-cross-team/ |title=Cranbrook’s India Sherret nominated to Canadian Olympic ski cross team |website=cranbrooktownsman.com |accessdate=9 March 2018}} On January 13, 2018, she won the bronze medal at a FIS World Cup event in Idre, Sweden, her first podium finish at a senior World Cup event.{{cite web |url=https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/sports/india-sherret-has-2022-vision-following-first-olympic-experience/ |title=India Sherret has 2022 vision following first Olympic experience |website=cranbrooktownsman.com |accessdate=9 March 2018}}

She represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the women's ski cross team.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n3025542-india-sherret.htm |title=Athlete profile - India Sherret |website=pyeongchang2018.com |accessdate=10 February 2018 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072120/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n3025542-india-sherret.htm |url-status=dead }} Sherret placed eleventh in the qualifying run for the women's ski cross event. In her heat, Sherret lost control going into a jump and crashed into the next hill. She was hospitalized for small transverse process fractures to her back, requiring her to wear a brace for several weeks. Sherret subsequently expressed optimism about competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/sports/india-sherret-has-2022-vision-following-first-olympic-experience/ |title=India Sherret has 2022 vision following first Olympic experience |website=cranbrooktownsman.com |accessdate=9 March 2018}}

In 2025, she was the top Canadian with a fifth-place finish overall at the World Cup in Craigleth.{{Cite news |date=2025-03-14 |title=Ski cross: Le Canadien Howden enlève l’or en ski cross, son coéquipier Drury le bronze |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/sports-d-hiver/2025-03-14/ski-cross/le-canadien-howden-enleve-l-or-en-ski-cross-son-coequipier-drury-le-bronze.php |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA}}