Esther Bottomley (born February 8, 1983 in Terrang ) is an Australian cross-country skier .
Career
Bottomley took part in the Continental Cup from 1999 to 2004. She has been competing in the Australia / New Zealand Cup since 2004 , which she won in 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2014 . She made her first World Cup race in December 2003 in Val di Fiemme , which she finished with 46th place in the sprint. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato , she took 52nd place in the sprint. She reached 50th place in the sprint at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver . In January 2011, she achieved 33rd place in the sprint in Liberec , her best individual World Cup result to date. Her best result at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was 56th place in the sprint. So far she has participated in seven Nordic World Ski Championships , in which the 44th place in individual at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo in the sprint and 14th place with the relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun were her best placings so far.
In 2010 and 2011 she won the Kangaroo Hoppet .
successes
Victories in Continental Cup races
Wins in singles
| No.
|
date
|
place
|
discipline
|
series
|
| 1.
|
August 18, 2002
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Continental Cup
|
| 2.
|
August 24, 2002
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Continental Cup
|
| 3.
|
August 9, 2003
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Continental Cup
|
| 4th
|
August 6, 2005
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 5.
|
August 5, 2006
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 6th
|
August 11, 2007
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 7th
|
August 9, 2008
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 8th.
|
July 25, 2009
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Classic sprint
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 9.
|
August 8, 2009
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 10.
|
August 14, 2010
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Classic sprint
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 11.
|
July 23, 2011
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Classic sprint
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 12.
|
July 24, 2011
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
5 km freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 13.
|
August 20, 2011
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 14th
|
August 21, 2011
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
5 km classic
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 15th
|
July 28, 2012
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 16.
|
July 29, 2012
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
5 km classic
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 17th
|
August 18, 2012
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Classic sprint
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 18th
|
July 27, 2013
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 19th
|
July 28, 2013
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
5 km classic
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 20th
|
2nd August 2014
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Classic sprint
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
| 21st
|
August 16, 2014
|
Australia Falls Creek
|
Sprint freestyle
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
Team wins
| No.
|
date
|
place
|
discipline
|
series
|
| 1.
|
July 26, 2009
|
Australia Perisher Valley
|
Team sprint freestyle 1
|
Australia / New Zealand Cup
|
Victories in ski marathon races
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
Nordic World Ski Championships
Web links
Individual evidence
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^ Result Kangaroo Hoppet 2010
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^ Result Kangaroo Hoppet 2011
