Charlotte "Charlie" Guest (born 30 December 1993) is a Scottish

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alpine ski racer who specialises in

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and competes occasionally in

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. She is the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race.

Career

Early career

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Guest started skiing at the age of 3 on the slopes of Cairngorm in the Scottish Highlands near her grandmother's home in

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. Guest trained there with the Scottish Ski Club until she joined the British Ski Academy in France at 11. At age 14, she became the first British girl to win an international children's race, before moving into FIS racing as part of the Scottish Alpine Ski Team.

Adult career

Guest made her slalom World Cup debut in 2013 at

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, Austria. At the end of 2014, she broke her spine in a skiing accident in Sweden, but by February 2016 had re-entered the top 100 rankings. In the

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, Guest finished 32 in the

and 43 in the

just 11 weeks after breaking four vertebrae. In January 2018, Guest was selected to participate in the

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. She placed 33 in the

and reached the quarterfinals of the inaugural mixed team event. She was again selected to compete in the

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after missing the 2017 Championships with a broken hand, where she achieved Britain's best female performance with a 24th in the Slalom. Guest broke records as a British skier in 2019, becoming the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race. She went on again to win in Hasliberg, Switzerland, in January 2020. In 2019, Guest began studying for a BSc in psychology at

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. December 2019 saw Guest secure her first FIS Alpine World Cup points in St. Moritz, Switzerland, after qualifying in joint 12th place in the Parallel Slalom event but going out in the first knockout round to finish 29th.

World Cup results

Season standings

Olympic Results

References

External links

* * 1993 births Living people People educated at the High School of Dundee People educated at Strathallan School Scottish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Perth, Scotland Alumni of the University of Aberdeen {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub