Kirsten McGarry

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Kirsten McGarry Alpine Freestyle
nation IrelandIreland Ireland
birthday 25th July 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Dublin , Ireland
size 172 cm
Weight 65 kg
job Physiotherapist
Career
discipline Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom (alpine skiing),
ski cross (freestyle)
society Kandahar Ski Club
status resigned
End of career 2011
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup

Debut in the World Cup February 2, 2006
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup

Debut in the World Cup March 6, 2008
Overall World Cup 124th ( 2007/08 )
Ski cross world cup 39th (2007/08)
 

Kirsten Kate Llewellyn "Kirsty" McGarry (born July 25, 1985 in Dublin ) is a former Irish ski racer and ski crosser . She started mainly in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and took part twice in the Olympic Winter Games.

biography

Childhood and youth

Kirsty McGarry is from the coastal town of Dalkey , a suburb of Dublin. During her stays in Châtel , France , her parents' winter home, she discovered her love for skiing. After surviving meningitis at the age of nine , she competed in her first races with the help of her ski instructor parents. In 2000 she won the prestigious Ski d'Or slalom school race.

At the age of 15 she completed her first FIS races in Thredbo, Australia . In February 2001 she took part in a junior world championship in Verbier for the first time and finished 49th in the giant slalom as the best result. In two other JWM participations ( Maribor 2004 and Bardonecchia 2005 ) she could not top this result. She achieved her first triumph in April 2001 when she won the slalom on Aonach Mòr in front of her sister Tamsen as part of the British championships . McGarry celebrated her greatest international success in the Australian New Zealand Cup , where she drove four wins and nine other podium places between 2002 and 2007. In 2005 she won the overall ranking.

Major events and World Cup

In Bormio , McGarry first took part in a world championship in February 2005 and finished 48th in the giant slalom. Two years later, she improved that result in Åre 2007 by one place. With a view to participating in the Olympics, she made her European Cup debut in January 2006 and a few days later competed in her only three World Cup races in Ofterschwang . At both competition levels she remained without points. At the 2006 Olympic Games , she led the Irish team as the flag bearer and achieved her best placings at a major event with ranks 32 and 42 in giant slalom and slalom.

After she started mainly in FIS races in the following winters, she made her first appearance in the Freestyle World Cup in March 2008 . In her first two ski cross races in Grindelwald and Meiringen , she finished 22nd and 24th. After five years as a professional athlete, she concentrated on studying physiotherapy as a result of hip surgery , which she completed at the Royal College of Surgeons . In February 2010, she was the first Irish woman to take part in the Winter Olympics for the second time in a row in Vancouver , but did not get past a 50th place in the giant slalom. Almost a year later, she contested her last two FIS races in Switzerland.

After her FIS career, the practicing physiotherapist stayed in ski racing as an amateur. For example, in 2015 she won the giant slalom at the International Inferno Race in Mürren . Her older sister Tamsen McGarry was also active as a ski racer and represented Ireland in Salt Lake City in 2002 as the first woman at the Winter Olympics.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

Australia New Zealand Cup

  • 2002 season: 5th overall ranking, 5th giant slalom ranking, 6th slalom ranking
  • 2003 season: 8th overall ranking, 3rd giant slalom ranking
  • 2004 season: 9th overall ranking, 5th giant slalom ranking
  • 2005 season: 1st overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking, 2nd slalom ranking
  • 2006 season: 9th overall ranking, 4th Super-G ranking, 4th combined ranking
  • 2007 season: 2nd overall ranking, 1st Super G ranking, 3rd giant slalom ranking, 3rd slalom ranking, 3rd combined ranking
  • 13 podium places, including 4 wins:
date place country discipline
August 24, 2005 Mount Hotham Australia Giant slalom
August 25, 2005 Mount Hotham Australia Giant slalom
September 1, 2005 Mount Buller Australia slalom
September 11, 2007 Mount Hutt New Zealand Super G
  1. The races of the Australia New Zealand Cup are held annually in August and September (southern winter) and are already included in the coming international season.

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kirsty McGarry. Sports Reference LLC, accessed January 8, 2018 .
  2. a b c d e A little green shoot on the Alpine slopes. The Irish Times , January 11, 2010, accessed January 8, 2018 .
  3. Geraldine Gittens: A young woman who almost died from meningitis is now a world champion skier and is traveling to Canada to compete in the Winter Olympics. Herald.ie, January 5, 2010, accessed January 12, 2018 .
  4. Irish Olympic skier Kirsty McGarry wins the 'world's craziest race' in the Swiss Alps. the42.ie, January 23, 2015, accessed January 12, 2018 .