Greta Small (born 16 October 1995) is an Australian
alpine ski racer. She started skiing at
Mt Hotham with the Mount Hotham Racing Squad; her main training base now is in the
Tyrol
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region in
Austria
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where she trains with Race Centre Benni Raich. Her first major international appearance was at the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games. In Small's first senior World championships she placed 25th in the Super Combined at 17 years of age. The 2013–14 Northern Hemisphere winter was a first of many things for Small. She competed at the Solden opening World Cup Giant Slalom followed by three World Cup events in Beaver Creek, Colorado, and the
2014 Winter Olympics
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
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in
Sochi
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, Russia. Small placed 15th in the Alpine Combined which was Australia's best placing for 12 years and she was the second-youngest in the field by 8 days.
Greta Small – Australia
– Sochi 2014 Olympics
At the end of the 2015 season whilst racing in Japan, Small tore her ACL.
World Cup results
Season standings
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World Championship results
Olympic results
References
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1995 births
Australian female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Australia
People from Wangaratta
Living people
Alpine skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
21st-century Australian women
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
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