Profile - Ellie Koyander

Name	Ellie Koyander
D.O.B:	1991
Team(s):	British Moguls Ski Team
Club:	Sharks

Born: 1991

Lives: Sheffield

Major achievements:

24^th, Vancouver, Canada, Winter Olympics Moguls, 2010

16^th, Sierra Nevada, Spain, World Cup Moguls, 2010

23^rd, Lake Placid, USA, World Cup Moguls, 2014

Ellie is GBR no1 female freestyle moguls skier, and made her Olympic Debut at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the age of just 18 taking on the most experienced and elite athletes that the world has to offer. She placed 24^th, narrowly missing the final top 20. Originally a slalom racer, she always had a talent for moguls where the discipline requires not only full out technical skiing, but also gymnastic precision in the air. Moguls is the only freestyle discipline to combine 'tricks' with racing flat-out against the clock.

A full time athlete on the FIS World Cup tour, Ellie follows the snow around the world throughout the year, training throughout spring and summer in the USA and Australia. Building on the experience of the Vancouver Olympics, she is working towards the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia (and beyond!).