SARAH SAUVEY

SKI CROSS OLYMPIAN

QUICK profile

Sport: Freestyle Skiing Event: Ski Cross
DOB: 10/11/1983
Team: Team GB
Born: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: British & Australian Years on SX World Cup tour: 2006-2011 Home mountain: Mt Hotham Formal qualifications: - Bachelor of Multimedia (Bus Marketing) - Diploma of Management

SHORT Bio

Sarah Sauvey is an Australian-born British freestyle skier, who competed on the World Cup Ski Cross circuit from 2006-2011. Aussie born to British parents, Sarah holds both an Australian and a British passport. After her career best finish of 12th in the 2007 World Championships in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) racing for Australia, she changed her nationality. From the 2007/2008 season onwards, she represented Great Britain.
Sarah went on to represent Team GB in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She retired from professional skiing in February 2011. > read more

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world cup starts

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olympic games

3

world champS

12th

best result - world champs

sx career Highlights

  • 12th World Championships 2007 - ITA
  • 34th Winter Olympics 2010 - CAN
  • 27th World Cup Alpe d'Huez 2010 - FRA
  • 2nd ANC Cup Mt Hotham 2009 x 2 - AUS
  • 1st Czech National Champs 2009 - CZE
  • 2nd European Cup Horni Misecky 2009 - CZE
  • 30th World Cup Myrkdalen-Voss 2009 - NOR
  • 5th European Cup Zweisimmen 2007 - SUI
  • 20th World Cup Flaine 2007 - FRA
  • 4th Austrian National Champs 2006 - AUT

WHAT IS SKI CROSS?

Think BMX on skis. Competitors complete a course filled with rollers, big air jumps, corner jumps, compressions, gates, berms and other features/terrain, all at a speed averaging 60-80km/hr. Each competitor completes an individual time trial against the clock. Then the top 32 competitors move into the finals and are arranged into 8 heats of 4 competitors. When the starting board drops, the 4 competitors pull out of the gate and complete the course simultaneously. The first 2 to cross the finish line in each heat advance to the next round until there are 4 competitors going for gold in the ‘big final’. A ‘small final’ is also run to establish positions 5th – 8th. There is a lot of tight passing and high-speed crashes, making it particularly appealing to spectators!
promo Video

sarah sauvey

After a devastating error in the 2010 Olympics, Sarah had aspirations to compete in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. However, after the diagnosis of 3 ruptured ligaments in her right ankle after crashing in the 2011 Alpe d'Huez World Cup, Sarah officially retired from professional skiing in late February 2011. Check out her promo video from 2010 below.
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sarah's news BLOG

You can find old news, updates and stories here: http://sarahsauvey.blogspot.com/
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