Rowan Cheshire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rowan Cheshire

British freestyle skier

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1995

Place of Birth: Crewe, England, United Kingdom

Profession: freestyle skier

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Rowan Cheshire

  • Rowan Cheshire (born 1 September 1995) is a British freestyle skier, specialising in the halfpipe.
  • Cheshire competed in the 2013 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Voss, Norway.
  • She placed 17th.
  • She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Valmalenco.
  • In January 2014 she became the first British female skier to win a halfpipe competition on the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup when she took the halfpipe event at a meeting in Calgary.
  • This was the first Freestyle World Cup win for a British female skier since Jilly Curry won an aerials competition in 1992.She was competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, during which she was knocked unconscious whilst in training.
  • After the crash, she withdrew from the Olympics.
  • The accident left her with a broken nose and severe concussion, and was the first of three head injuries she sustained over a period of 18 months which resulted in her suffering severe physical and mental side effects.
  • However, after two years away from the sport she returned to competition in December 2016, finishing fourth in a Revolution Tour event at Copper Mountain, Colorado, going on to take a top 30 finish in the first halfpipe competition of the 2016–17 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup which was also hosted by Copper Mountain, followed by a 14th place in a World Cup competition in Mammoth Mountain in January 2017.She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics qualifying for the halfpipe skiing final.

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