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Born | Chelmsford, Essex, Great Britain | 6 July 1985
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Freestyle Skiing |
Sarah Catherine Ainsworth (born 6 July 1985 in Chelmsford, Essex) is a British freestyle skier who has competed since 2007. Her best World Cup finish was 12th in an aerials event at Davos, Switzerland in 2007. [1]
Ainsworth does have a career best fourth-place finish at the Meiringen-Haslisberg Europa Cup event in 2008. [2]
Ainsworth's best FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships result was 22nd in Inawashiro, Japan.
She made her Olympic debut at the Women's Aerials event on 20 February 2010 where she finished 22nd. [3] [4]
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