Kirsty Muir (born 5 May 2004) is a Scottish

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

representing Great Britain who competed in the big air and

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disci ...

events at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. She came second in the big air event at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

, and third in the big air and slopestyle events at the 2023 X Games.

Career

Muir started skiing at Aberdeen Snowsports Centre at the age of three. She began with

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, before switching to

freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a ...

. At the 2018 British Championships, she won the big air,

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and slopestyle events. In 2019, she won the first Europa Cup Slopestyle event in which she competed, and won a medal in another Europa Cup event that season. She came second in the 2019 British Championships big air event. At the 2019 FIS Junior World Freestyle Skiing Championships, Muir came second and third in two of the events. At the

, Muir came second in the big air event, and fourth in the

event. She was

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's flagbearer at the closing ceremony of the Games. Muir competed in the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 The 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Idre, Rogla, Almaty and Aspen with the ski and snowboard cross events held in Idre from 11 to 13 February 2021, the parallel and giant slalom snowboard in Rogla from ...

, where she placed sixth in women's ski slopestyle. She came second in the slopestyle event at the

2020–21 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup The 2020–21 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup was the 49th World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 20 November 2020 and finished on 27 March 2021. This season included six disciplines: mog ...

competition in Aspen, Colorado, US. It was her fourth senior event. Muir competed in the big air and

events at the

. She was the youngest Briton at the Games. She finished seventh in the qualification round of the big air event, and fifth overall in the final. After the first run in the final, Muir had been in third position, and she was the youngest finalist in the event. Muir came sixth in the slopestyle qualifying round, and eighth in the final, one place ahead of fellow Briton

Katie Summerhayes Katie Summerhayes (born 8 October 1995) is an English freestyle skier. Summerhayes competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She has won two medals at FIS World Cup and one medals at FIS World Championships Summerhayes carried the flag at the 201 ...

. Muir was shortlisted for the 2022 Downdays Skier of the Year At the 2023 Winter X Games, Muir came third in the big air and slopestyle events.

Honours

In 2022, Muir was awarded the Scottish Youth Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture.

Personal life

Muir is from

Kingswells Kingswells is a village and suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated west of the city and to the east of Westhill. Kingswells has existed as a village for centuries, but only beginning in the 1980s did it expand as a result of the boom in the oil ...

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, Scotland, and attends

Bucksburn Academy Bucksburn Academy is the only state secondary school in Bucksburn, a suburb/town in Aberdeen, Scotland serving as the sole provider of secondary education. Bucksburn Academy's catchment area includes the suburbs of Bucksburn, Newhills and Kin ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muir, Kirsty 2004 births Living people British female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Aberdeen Olympic freestyle skiers for Great Britain