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What made you get in to cross With more training came success national championship titles, and
country skiing and what are your and as a youngster travelling Europe won 3 overall Australian / New
achievements so far? and North America to compete Zealand Continental Cups. My
I quickly realised just how far I best result internationally would
I have been skiing since I could walk. wanted to go in the sport. I set my be my 31st place finish in the 2017
I think this was mainly due to my goals high and managed to qualify PyeongChang World Cup, which was
Mum and Dad wanting to be out for my first World Cup and World used as a test event for next year’s
there skiing as much as possible, Championships at the age of 19. I Winter Olympics.
so getting me started early allowed narrowly missed selection for the I am also studying Environmental
them to continue with their passion. Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Engineering at the University of
I started competing in the sport of Games, but was fortunate enough to New South Wales, for which I am
Cross Country Skiing at the age of experience my first Olympic Games currently completing my honours
12 and qualified for my first World in Sochi 2014. thesis.
Junior Championships at the age My main events are the distance
of 15. From there, my passion for events: 10km, 15km, 30km and 50km It must be difficult to find suitable
the competitive side of the sport events. conditions even in winter in
only grew. I became addicted to the Throughout my sporting Australia. Where do you train?
feeling of daily progression through career so far, I have competed
tough training and became goal in 76 individual World Cups, 18 Australian skiing conditions
obsessed. Even to this day, without World Championship events and certainly don’t live up to European or
it I feel lost! 4 Olympic events. I have won 7 North American standards, however

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