Rowan Cheshire
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 September 1995 Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle skiing |
| Event(s) | Halfpipe |
Rowan Cheshire (born 1 September 1995) is a British freestyle skier, specialising in the halfpipe. Cheshire competed in the 2013 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Voss, Norway. She placed 17th.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Valmalenco. In January 2014 she became the first British female skier to win a halfpipe competition on the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup when she took the halfpipe event at a meeting in Calgary. This was the first Freestyle World Cup win for a British female skier since Jilly Curry won an aerials competition in 1992.[2]
She was competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[3] during which she was knocked unconscious whilst in training.[4][5] Since the crash, she has now withdrawn from the Olympics.[6]
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