Alpine skier ♀ | |
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 5 September 1991
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Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
World Cup debut | N/A |
Retired | 2013 |
Olympics | |
Medals | N/A |
Harriet Miller-Brown (born 5 September 1991) is a retired New Zealand alpine ski racer. [1]
Miller-Brown was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1991 and educated at Wakatipu High School in Queenstown. [1] [2] She started skiing at the age of 3, and started ski racing at the age of 8. Miller-Brown has competed in the World Junior Nationals in Switzerland, the Australia New Zealand Cup, and the World Championships in Austria. [3]
Miller-Brown was a member of the New Zealand national ski team for 6 years. [4] [5] In 2007 and 2008, she held the New Zealand Ski Association Women's Slalom Champion Cup. [6] In 2013, she competed in the FIS National Ski Racing Championships and won the New Zealand national women's title. [7]
She is also a qualified snowsports instructor, and has coached children in ski racing. [2] In 2007, Miller-Brown won the Otago Daily Times Class Act Award for academic excellence, [2] and since 2014 has studied mechanical engineering at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [8] [9]
Since leaving the snow, Miller-Brown has worked for Meridian Energy as a gate engineer with an interest in accumulators. [10]
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