Sarah Ainsworth

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Sarah Ainsworth
Personal information
Born (1985-07-06) 6 July 1985 (age 36)
Chelmsford, Essex, Great Britain
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  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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References

  1. "Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News | Live Scores | Results".
  2. "FIS-Ski - biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  3. "Skier prepares for Olympic debut". BBC News Online. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "Acrobatic Ainsworth 22nd in Aerials". Team GB - Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2020.