India Sherret (born 29 May 1996) is a Canadian

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who competes internationally in

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. Sherret began skiing as part of the

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team, but switched to the ski cross discipline at age 14. In 2015, she won the

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in women's ski cross. She sat out the following season due to the need to recovery from

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, a condition Sherret began to suffer from at age 15. On January 13, 2018, she won the bronze medal at a FIS World Cup event in

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, her first podium finish at a senior World Cup event. She represented Canada at the

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as part of the women's ski cross team. Sherret placed eleventh in the qualifying run for the women's ski cross event. In her heat, Sherret lost control going into a jump and crashed into the next hill. She was hospitalized for small transverse process fractures to her back, requiring her to wear a brace for several weeks. Sherret subsequently expressed optimism about competing in the

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* * * 1996 births Living people Canadian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Cranbrook, British Columbia Freestyle skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub