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At nearly 32 years Chemmy Alcott, one of the strongest British skiers of all time, has decided to retire from racing.
Tuesday 25 March 2014 4 minutes reading time
"And'' the end of an era'', but also'' the beginning of my next chapter. Thank you all for your support. Skiing is still a huge part of my life, but unfortunately I have to do to get out of the racing scene. I have lived and loved every minute of this fantastic sport'' from start to finish "wrote Chemmy on social networks Facebook and Twitter.
Born July 10, 1982 in London, to be exact in Twickenham, the neighborhood where is located the eponymous stadium which is the home of English rugby, Chemmy Alcott puts on skis for the first time in a year and a half during a family holiday in France. At age 12, the first serious accident on the slopes: it hurts your neck and healing, two of his vertebrae will be fused into one another. From eleven and nineteen spends summers in winter snow skiing in New Zealand so much so that his first FIS race is a giant played at Coronet Peak in August 1997 and the following year won the Cup even Australia / New Zealand.
In four editions of the Junior World Championships does better than fourth in the combined Sella Nevea in 2002. He took part in 179 races of the World Cup, the first December 28, 1999 in the giant slalom in Lienz, the last on March 2nd in the downhill in Crans Montana. A severe fracture to his right leg December 2, 2010 has kept away from racing for two years. Between 2004 and 2009 she finished five times in the top ten in the World Cup and his best result was a seventh place in the super Reiteralm of 15 December 2006. He has participated in seven World Seniors 1999-2013 of 2011 for jumping only that the injury to the leg of which we have spoken, the best result a fifteenth place in 2009.
The Olympics are four in which he participated and came twice eleventh, downhill and super combined in 2006 in 2010. It can be considered the third strongest British skier ever after Gina Hathorn and Divina Galica, who picked up podiums in the sixties to the early days of the World Cup, the second attempt the adventure in Formula 1 without ever being able to qualify for a Grand Prix. Chemmy Alcott leaves alpine ski racing, leaving the image of a nice girl who is always cheerful and has garnered perhaps less than you could a little 'accident and a bit' for the limited financial resources of the federation of his country.
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