Katie Summerhayes (born 8 October 1995) is an English freestyle skier. Summerhayes competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. She has won two medals at FIS World Cup and one medals at FIS World Championships Summerhayes carried the flag at the

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. She became the first British female skier to win a medal in a World Cup event for 19 years when she finished second in the slopestyle competition in

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in February 2013. In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she came 7th in the skiing slopestyle final after qualifying in 3rd. After the Olympics, she won a gold medal in slopestyle at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy. In 2015, she became the first British female competitor to win a World Championship medal in freestyle skiing when she took a silver in the slopestyle event at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships. Summerhayes initially learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village, an artificial ski slope (now closed) with a half-pipe and freestyle area. She also trained with the Sharks Ski Club, of which James "Woodsy" Woods was also a member as a youth.

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FIS Ski profile
English female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics 1995 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Sheffield Freestyle skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics {{UK-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub