Profile - Cara Brown

Name/Nickname: Cara Brown/C Brown, Carabine

Year of Birth: 1994

Hometown/From: Scotland

Career Highlights: Victrix Ludorum British Champs 2014 & CIT World Champion

Goals: World Juniors 2015, Winter Olympics 2018

Personal Sponsors: AMS, AMS Rentals, Thomas’s London Day Schools, Merinet & Powderblue

Shout Outs: My parents for always supporting me, my amazing Orsatus coaches, my personal sponsors, my team mates and my friends from school who don’t really get skiing but cheer me on anyway!

Websites: www.cara-brown.com

Twitter: @caratheskier

Facebook: www.facebook.com/caraskiracer

Short Bio: Cara was born in London but moved to Milan, Italy when she was 7. She has lived in Italy for 14 years and speaks English, Italian and French.

She joined her first ski club, Kandahar, when she was 10. After getting a feel for racing and deciding she wanted to do more of it she started spending all her free time at The British Ski Academy in Les Houches. She did her first ever ski races aged 13. Aged 15 Cara was selected for the Scottish Ski Team and has been a member for the past 5 years.

After finishing school in 2012 Cara did her first full-time season based in Austria with Stefan Moser. Cara had a great season, which including halving her slalom points and therefore decided pursue skiing rather than going straight into further education.

Cara now trains with French race team Orsatus run by Alex Fourrat. She has had her best season ever: She won the CIT World Championship Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom and then went on to win the Arnold Lunn CIT World Cup, the first British athlete to ever accomplish this. Cara finished her season performing exceptionally at the British Championships, winning over 20 medals and 12 trophies. Her titles include Victrix Ludorum, Ladies Overall Champion, Ladies Under-21 Champion, Ladies Junior Champion and Non-British Team Champion. She was also chosen for the Kirsteen McGibbon award for always striving to improve. Cara also won the Scottish Ladies Champion Title after finishing first Scot in every race of the 2014 Championships.

Photo Credit: Action shot - Racer Ready