Charlotte "Charlie" Guest (born 30 December 1993) is a retired Scottish

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who specialised in slalom and competed occasionally in

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. She was the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race. She is the granddaughter of The Honorable Dame Mary Drummond Corsar (8 July 1927 – 12 August 2020)

Career

Early career

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Guest started skiing at the age of 3 on the slopes of Cairngorm in the Scottish Highlands near her grandmother's home in

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. Guest trained there with the Scottish Ski Club until she joined the British Ski Academy in France at 11. At age 14, she became the first British girl to win an international children's race, before moving into FIS racing as part of the Scottish Alpine Ski Team.

Adult career

Guest made her slalom World Cup debut in 2013 at

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, Austria. At the end of 2014, she broke her spine in a skiing accident in Sweden, but by February 2016 had re-entered the top 100 rankings. In the

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, Guest finished 32 in the slalom and 43 in the

just 11 weeks after breaking four vertebrae. In January 2018, Guest was selected to participate in the

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. She placed 33 in the slalom and reached the quarterfinals of the inaugural mixed team event. She was again selected to compete in the

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after missing the 2017 Championships with a broken hand, where she achieved Britain's best female performance with a 24th in the Slalom. Guest broke records as a British skier in 2019, becoming the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race. She went on again to win in Hasliberg, Switzerland, in January 2020. In 2019, Guest began studying for a BSc in psychology at

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. December 2019 saw Guest secure her first

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points in

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, Switzerland, after qualifying in joint 12th place in the Parallel Slalom event but going out in the first knockout round to finish 29th. In January 2022 Guest scored her best ever World Cup result, placing 13th in a slalom in

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, Austria, following which she represented Team GB at the

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, where she finished 21st in the slalom. Following her retirement from competition, Guest served on the

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's Athletes Commission, and has provided co-commentary for

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's alpine skiing coverage.

World Cup results

Season standings

Olympic Results

References

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* * 1993 births Living people People educated at the High School of Dundee People educated at Strathallan School Scottish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Perth, Scotland Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 21st-century Scottish sportswomen Skiing announcers {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub