Chemmy Alcott

Chemmy Alcott

Alcott at London Youth Games in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Chimene Mary Alcott
Nickname(s)	Chemmy
Born	(1982-07-10) 10 July 1982 (age 34) Hove, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, U.K.
Residence	England
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Website	ChemmyAlcott.com
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Retired	March 2014
Medal record Women's Alpine skiing Representing United Kingdom Senior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002 Overall 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002 Downhill 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2001 Super G 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002 Combined/S. Combined 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002 Giant Slalom 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003 Slalom Junior British National Alpine Ski Championship Titles 2002 Downhill 2002 Super G 2002, 2001 Giant Slalom 2002, 2001 Slalom European Youth Winter Olympic Festival 1999 Super G 1999 Giant Slalom

Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Crawford-Alcott, née Alcott (born 10 July 1982) is a former British World Cup alpine ski racer. She competed in all five disciplines: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.

Alcott competed in four Winter Olympic Games and seven FIS World Championships and has been overall Senior British National Champion five times (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008). She retired from international competition following the 2014 season.

Born in Hove, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, Alcott was named after Sophia Loren's character in the 1961 film El Cid. She started skiing at 18 months old on a family holiday in Flaine, France, and first raced at the age of three.

In 1993 Alcott won the Etoile D'Or French Village Ski Championship, becoming a member of the British Junior Alpine team in 1994 and won the 1995 Sunday Times Junior Sportswoman of the Year award. Every British summer from the age of eleven to nineteen, Alcott travelled to New Zealand to train in the antipodean winter.

She was a talented athlete as a youngster, not only representing Richmond in dry slope skiing, but also in tennis at the London Youth Games. Her achievements as a junior and senior were recognised when she was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2011.