Jenny Owens
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17 May 1978 Sydney |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Website | www.jennyowens.com |
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| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Freestyle skiing |
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Jenny Owens (born 17 May 1978), from Sydney, Australia was an Australian Alpine Skier & freestyle skier who now lives in St Kilda, Victoria.
Owens competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Alpine, the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics in Freestyle. Owens has also competed in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships twice and the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships twice, competed for six years on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup tour and 9 years on FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup and has competed in four Winter X Games. She won the Bronze medal in the SkierX in 2012. Owens was a member of the Australian Ski Cross Team for nine years and was a member of the Australian Alpine Team for seven years before that.
Owens made her Alpine World Cup debut in St Moritz Switzerland on 17 December 1999 at age 21. She also collected her first World Cup points (top-30 finish in a race) at this event.
Owens struggled to make the top-30 consistently and did not score any more World Cup points until 21 December 2001 back in St Moritz. Owens best placing on the World Cup Alpine tour was 17th in Saalbach-Hinterglemm Austria.
Owens competed in alpine skiing for 14 years, skiing in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (Australia at the Winter Olympics) and in two world Championships, St Anton 2001 and St Moritz 2003. She retired from Alpine racing in January 2004. In June 2005, Owens decided to make a come back and compete in the new Olympic event (for Vancouver 2010) called Ski Cross.
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