Katie Ormerod
{{short description|British snowboarder}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Aspen|Women's Slopestyle}}
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Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics{{cite web|title=Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018|url=https://snowsportengland.org.uk/record_number_team_Gb_Skiers_Snowboarders_set_for_PyeongChang|publisher=Snowsport England|accessdate=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204171624/https://snowsportengland.org.uk/record_number_team_Gb_Skiers_Snowboarders_set_for_PyeongChang|archive-date=4 December 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Katie Ormerod|url=http://www.teambss.org.uk/park-and-pipe/british-park-pipe-snowboard-squad/katie-ormerod|website=British Ski + Snowboard|accessdate=26 January 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Westby|first1=Nick|title=Summerhayes' sisters and Ormerod headline Yorkshire's 'magnificent seven' for PyeongChang|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/olympics/summerhayes-sisters-and-ormerod-headline-yorkshire-s-magnificent-seven-for-pyeongchang-1-8979309|accessdate=26 January 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=25 January 2018}} and 2022 Winter Olympics. She is from Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Career
Ormerod narrowly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics when she was 16. In November 2016, she was placed third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang, a test event for the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics. In January 2017, she won the Big Air World Cup event in Moscow and a bronze medal in the Women's Slopestyle at the Winter X Games XXI in Aspen.{{cite web|title=X Games Aspen 2017 - Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Results|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/events/2017/aspen/results/400923202/women-snowboard-slopestyle|accessdate=8 February 2018|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203223814/http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/events/2017/aspen/results/400923202/women-snowboard-slopestyle|url-status=dead}}
In May 2014, then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080, one of the most complex manoeuvres in snowboarding, which involves three rotations and two inverted flips.{{cite web|title=Female Snowboarder Lands Double Cork 1080 On Camera, And It Is Stunning|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/female-snowboarder-double-cork-katie-ormerod_n_5504155|accessdate=8 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=She Just Landed the First Female Double Cork 1080|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/snowboarder-ormerod-lands-first-female-double-cork-1080|accessdate=8 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=World's FIRST female double cork 1080 - Katie Ormerod|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4NfAsszIOk|accessdate=8 February 2018}}
In the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events. She was described as "arguably Britain's best medal chance for Pyeongchang 2018",{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Graham|title=Meet Katie Ormerod, the 20-year-old snowboarder who could be Team GB's greatest Winter Olympic medal hope|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/articles/britains-winter-olympic-pyeongchang-2018-hopes-katie-ormerod/|accessdate=26 January 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=21 September 2017}} but was forced to withdraw from the Games after breaking her heel in two places in training. She had previously broken her wrist but was determined to compete.{{cite news|title=Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod ruled out of Games in Pyeongchang with fractured heel|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42993893|accessdate=8 February 2018|agency=BBC|date=8 February 2018}}
In March 2020, the then 22-year-old won the overall Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup, becoming the first British woman to win a Crystal Globe.
In the 2022 Winter Olympics, she has been selected to compete in the women's slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.{{cite web |title=Team GB skiing and snowboarding contingent confirmed for Beijing 2022 |url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/team-gb-skiing-and-snowboarding-contingent-confirmed-for-beijing-2022/1JH6Y3Xy2ClLutO0v6ucpp?s=09 |website=www.teamgb.com |access-date=3 February 2022 }}
Personal life
Katie Ormerod started snowboarding aged 5 when she went to Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre with her family, who were all keen snowboarders.{{cite web|url=https://mpora.com/snowboarding/katie-ormerod-interview-snowboarding-olympics-2018-pyeongchang|title='I'm Definitely One Of The Contenders For An Olympic Medal' - The Katie Ormerod Interview|website=Mpora|access-date=2019-08-20}} Speaking of her early years snowboarding, Ormerod noted "I kept snowboarding there every week, and then started going to the local snowdome. The whole time, I was balancing snowboarding with gymnastics as well, which really helped.". In 2020 she began to study for a BSc in Sport Coaching and Development at Manchester Metropolitan University under the university's elite sports scholarship scheme.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Meet this year’s University Sport Scholars |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sport/news-and-events/story/?id=13157 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=5 February 2022 |date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120115504/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sport/news-and-events/story/?id=13157 |url-status=dead }}
Her cousin is Jamie Nicholls who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=Katie ORMEROD |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1045700-katie-ormerod.htm |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203030616/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1045700-katie-ormerod.htm |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{FIS snowboarder}}
- {{X Games profile|old_id=3957570}}
- {{Olympics.com|katie-ormerod}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Team GB}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42905972 Big Air with Katie Ormerod] a BBC multimedia presentation
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4NfAsszIOk Katie Ormerod performing the World's first female double cork 1080] on YouTube
- [http://www.teambss.org.uk/park-and-pipe/british-park-pipe-snowboard-squad/katie-ormerod Katie Ormerod] on the official British Ski and Snowboard site
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Category:English female snowboarders
Category:People from Brighouse
Category:Sportspeople from Calderdale
Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic snowboarders for Great Britain