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Place of Birth: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
About Kristi Richards
- Kristi Richards (born October 27, 1981 in Penticton, British Columbia) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia.
- She participates in moguls. In 2003, Richards won the Canadian championships and in the same year she won the Apex Mountain BC Nor-Am Cup.
- At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Richards finished in 7th place in the ladies' moguls. Richards is a two-time recipient of the B.C.
- Premier's Awards. At the 2007 Freestyle Skiing world championships in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Richards won the gold medal in the mogul competition, beating fellow Canadian and Olympic champion Jennifer Heil. Richards was a member of the Canadian freestyle team that went to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
- Kristi Richards competed in the final of the moguls after finishing the qualifying run in 4th place.
- Richards landed her first jump and on her way to the second jump she lost control, lost a ski, and fell.
- Richards stood for a while and collected her thoughts, and to the cheers of the Canadians waiting at the bottom once again sped on her way to the second jump.
- There she landed a back full and completed her run to a screaming throng of Canadian fans at the bottom.
- However, due to her fall she finished in 20th place and last in the final.
- Richards recovered from her disappointing Olympics by winning a bronze at the 2011 World Championships in the moguls event.
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