Sophie Ash (born 7 November 1996) is an Australian

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 ...

. She competed in 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 ...

Career

Ash placed fifth in moguls and seventh in dual moguls at the

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for 2 ...

. She finished 16th out of 20 competitors in the first final round in the women's moguls event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Her sister Gabi is also a freestyle skier, they were the first Australian siblings to compete together at the same Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Ash attended the

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS), is a government-funded co-educational selective and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in the performing and visual arts, located within the Melbourne Arts Precinct in S ...

and the Victorian College of the Arts, where she received a degree in animation. She released a film describing her experiences in international skiing competitions, "Start Gate", in 2019. Her sister Gabi is also a freestyle skier and competed at the

References

1996 births Living people Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Australian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportspeople from Melbourne Freestyle skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Sportswomen from Queensland Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub