Kirsten McGarry
{{Short description|Irish alpine skier (born 1985)}}
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Kristen McGarry (born 25 July 1985 in Dalkey, Ireland) is an alpine skier from Ireland.{{cite web|title=Kristen McGarry|url=http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/kirsten_mcgarry_ire_275009.asp|publisher=SKI-DB|accessdate=18 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308190521/http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/kirsten_mcgarry_ire_275009.asp|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} She competed for Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best result was a 32nd place in the giant slalom in 2006.{{cite web|title=Torino Olympic Winter Games Official Results - Alpine Skiing|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf|work=Torino Olympic Winter Games Official Report|publisher=LA84 Foundation|accessdate=18 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013210/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf|archive-date=12 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Biography
= Childhood and youth =
Kirsty McGarry hails from the coastal town of Dalkey, a suburb of Dublin. She discovered her love of skiing during stays in Châtel, France, her parents' winter home. After surviving meningitis at the age of nine, she competed in her first races,{{Cite web |title=Kirsty cheated death and is now a world-class skier |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/kirsty-cheated-death-and-is-now-a-world-class-skier-27937746.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=independent |date=5 January 2010 |language=en}} supported by her ski instructor parents. In 2000, she won the prestigious Ski d'Or schoolboy race in the slalom.
At the age of 15, she completed her first FIS races in Thredbo, Australia. In February 2001, she took part in a Junior World Championships for the first time in Verbier, finishing 49th in the giant slalom as her best result. She was not able to top this result in two further JWM participations. Her first triumph came in April 2001, when she won the slalom at Aonach Mòr ahead of her sister Tamsen at the British Championships. McGarry's greatest international successes came in the Australian New Zealand Cup, where she racked up four wins and nine other podium finishes between 2002 and 2007. In 2005, she won the overall classification.{{Cite news |title=A little green shoot on the Alpine slopes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/a-little-green-shoot-on-the-alpine-slopes-1.1267180 |access-date=2022-10-31 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{FIS alpine skier|39164}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile}}
- {{Official website|http://www.kirstenmcgarry.com/}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Category:Irish female alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Ireland
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen
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