Charlie Guest

Charlotte 'Charlie' Guest (born 30 December 1993) is a Scottish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and competes occasionally in giant slalom.[1]

Charlie Guest
Alpine skier ♀
Disciplinesslalom, giant slalom
ClubScottish Ski Club
Born (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debutJanuary 2013
Websitecharlieguest.co.uk
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
World Championships
Teams2 – (2015, 2019)
Medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
Representing  Great Britain
FIS European Cup
2019 Folgaria, ITA Slalom
2020 Hasliberg, SUI Slalom
2019 Jasna, SVK Slalom
2019 Funasdalen, SWE Slalom
2019 Funasdalen, SWE Slalom
Australia New Zealand Cup
2013 Overall Winner Giant Slalom
2013 Cardrona, NZL Giant Slalom
2018 Coronet Peak, NZL Slalom
2013 Mt.Hutt, NZL Slalom
2016 Coronet Peak, NZL Slalom
Senior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles
2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 Slalom
2014 Giant Slalom
2013 Alpine Combined
Junior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles
2014 Slalom
2014 Giant Slalom

Guest made her slalom World Cup debut in 2013 at Flachau, Austria.[2][3]

At the end of 2014 she broke her spine in a skiing accident in Sweden, but by February 2016 had re-entered the top 100 rankings.[4]

In the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015, Guest finished 32 in the slalom and 43 in the giant slalom just 11 weeks after breking 4 vertebrae.

In January 2018 Guest was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[5] She placed 33 in the slalom and reached the quarterfinals of the inaugural mixed team event.

She was again selected to compete in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 after missing the 2017 Championships with a broken hand where she achieved Britain's best female performance with a 24th in the Slalom. [6]

Guest broke records as a British Skier in 2019 as she became the first British woman to ever win an Alpine European Cup race. She went on again to win in Hasliberg, Switzerland in January 2020. [7][8]

In 2019, Charlie Guest began studying a BSc in Psychology at The University of Aberdeen.[9]

December 2019 saw Guest secure her first FIS Alpine World Cup points in St.Moritz, Switzerland after qualifying in joint 12th place in the Parallel Slalom event but going out in the first knock out round to finish 29th.[10]

References
  1. "Charlie Guest". Team GB. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "Charlie Guest". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. Bannerman, Gordon (13 November 2013). "Charlie is GB number one". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. Diamond, Claire (20 February 2016). "Broken-back skier Charlie Guest on world's top 100 list". BBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. "Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018". Snowsport England. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. "Charlie Guest Official Website".
  7. "FIS Athlete Biography".
  8. "Charlie Guest - GB Snowsports Biography".
  9. "Charlie Guest - GB Snowsports Biography".
  10. "FIS Athlete Biography".
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