Zoe Gillings Ranked World No 5
Zoe Gilling's, Britain's no 1 Olympic snowboard athlete
yesterday reached her 3rd World Cup final of the season
in Blue Mountain, Canada, finishing in a remarkable 5th
place.
So far this season, Zoe has finished 10th,
7th, 4th, 6th and 5th
respectively in her World Cup and X Games competitions and despite
not yet finishing on the podium, this is proving to be one of the
most consistent and successful seasons of Zoe's career to date
reinforcing her position as one of the Worlds best snowboard cross
athletes.
Zoe commented after the race yesterday, "I'm obviously disappointed
I didn't podium but if you had asked me at the beginning of the
season if I would have been happy with these results so far, id be
ecstatic. The Olympics are only 2 years away but my program
and results are on course for an Olympic medal."
Zoe currently runs her own World Cup snowboard cross program funded
nearly entirely from her personal sponsors, Pokerstars, Neteller,
BMW and Isle of Man Sports Aid. Zoe also receives support
from Dare2B, Isle of Man Steam Packet, the Talented Athlete
Scholarship Scheme (TASS) and most recently has received support
from her new governing body, British Ski and Snowboard.
"Im absolutely stoked, 11 months ago my World Class funding ended
and I didn't know what to do. I had nothing and no where to
turn. Literally overninght I came up with a plan and turned
entrepreneur launching my own business which is now the largest
daily deals site in the Isle of man, I secured the continuing
support of my awesome sponsors, I negotiated a deal with the Dutch
Snowbaord Cross Team to allow me to train with them and now I'm
back on course for an Olympic medal - all this while running my
business on a day to day basis."
At only 26yrs of age Zoe Gillings a remarkable World Class Olympic
athlete and the perfect role model. Despite these
unbelievable results so far this season currently ranking her no 5
in the World, Zoe is about to employ her first full time employee
in the Isle of Man working for IsleofDeals.com and about to
launch a brand new business - ZGCityDeals.com - in both
England and San Francisco.
Zoe now heads to Stoneham, Canada, for the next round of the World
Cup season on the 21st February.
Zoe provided headcam footage to the BBC of this competition:-
Watch here on the BBC
