Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Alcott (born July 10, 1982 in Twickenham, Middlesex, Greater London) is the current female British number one Alpine Skier. She is an all-round racer, competing in the Downhill, Super G, Classic Combined/Super Combined, Giant Slalom and Slalom events.
Alcott has competed in two Winter Olympic Games and six Senior FIS Alpine Ski World Championships. She is also a five-time Overall Senior British National Champion (2002, 2003,...
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Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Alcott (born July 10, 1982 in Twickenham, Middlesex, Greater London) is the current female British number one Alpine Skier. She is an all-round racer, competing in the Downhill, Super G, Classic Combined/Super Combined, Giant Slalom and Slalom events.
Alcott has competed in two Winter Olympic Games and six Senior FIS Alpine Ski World Championships. She is also a five-time Overall Senior British National Champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008).
Named after Sophia Loren’s character in the 1961 film El Cid, Alcott started skiing at just 18 months while on a family holiday in Flaine, France, and skied in her first race at the age of three. She grew up and went to school in Surbiton, Surrey, completing her A-levels at Surbiton High School. Alcott claims that whilst at school she promised herself that if she gained four A grades at A-level, she would concentrate on an Alpine Skiing career. She achieved her target.
In 1993 at the age of eleven, Alcott won her first...
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