ABOUT CHEMMY
Named after Sophia Loren’s character in the 1961 film El Cid, Chemmy started skiing aged 18 months while on a family trip to France, and skied in her first fun race at the age of three and started competing at the age of eight. Chemmy’s skiing career almost ended very early when at twelve she sustained a broken neck. Chemmy bounced back throughout her teenage years to become part of the GB Olympic Ski Team; as well as getting 4 A’s at A Level.
Chemmy's been the number one British woman skier for a record seven years, and until her accident was Britain’s only female representative in the World Cup and is the highest ranked female British skier ever. Alcott’s enthusiasm for training and competition has won her a lot of admirers – particularly fellow skiers, who respect her dedication and sheer determination. A measure of that determination was evident at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. For many years, Alcott had suffered from agonising bone spurs on her feet and had missed races and crucial training in the lead-up to the Games. So her 11th place in the downhill was an incredible feat of grit and determination. It was also the best result by a British female skier since the 1968 Games in Grenoble.
In April 2006, Alcott decided that the only long-term solution for her painful bone spurs was surgery. After a full six months away from skiing, Alcott returned to the competitive circuit in October and, skiing pain-free for the first time, blitzed her way to successive top 15 finishes in the downhill after just a couple of days training. Later in the year, she recorded her best-ever World Cup finish - seventh in the super-combined event. This was all the more incredible as in April 2006 Chemmy unexpectedly lost her biggest supporter when her mother Eve passed away.Alcott started the 2008/09 season with her best ever finish, 10th place in the World Giant Slalom event in Soelden, Austria. Unfortunately the following week Chemmy broke her ankle. A quick recovery saw Chemmy perform with real promise at the 2009 World Championship finishing in 15th place in the Downhill event, her best result in this event to date and during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Chemmy managed to equal her previous best performance finishing in 11th place.
In 2010, on the eve of the opening day of the World Cup downhill race, Chemmy broke her leg in two places after crashing during training resulting in her being unable to ski for the rest of the season. Since her accident Chemmy has concentrated her energy on getting fit and ready to ski again but has also used her time to concentrate on other non-ski related passions including skydiving, windsurfing, mountain climbing and anything that screams adventure! She has also focused her time on a number of different charity campaigns.
Chemmy has become a firm favourite in the world of TV sport personalities having appeared on Sky Sports News, Fifth Gear, British Eurosport, Ski Sunday, Fit to Ski, Talk of the Terrace, A League Of Their Own and A Question Of Sport and 2011/12 looks to continue to be an exciting and busy time for her.
With immense passion for skiing and adventure, Chemmy conveys a rare mix of steely intelligence and gritty determination with a warm, open and honest persona.
| Skiing Honours and Achievements 2009: Best ever World Championship finish: 15th place in Downhill 2008: 10th place in the World Giant Slalom event in Soelden, Austria 2007: The first British female skier to reach the World Cup finals 2006: Voted Snowsport GB Olympic Athlete of the Year 2006: 11th place in Winter Olympics Downhill event in Turin 2006: Best ever World Cup finish: 7th in the Super Combined 2004: First World Cup Downhill top 10 finish: 9th Six-time British National Champion |
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