Jilly Wallace ( Curry) is a British former

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, who won 29 FIS World Cup medals, which was the most for any British skier or snowboarder until 2020. She competed at the

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and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was World Champion in Laser-Run in 2019 (Women's Team) and 2022 (individual + mixed team masters) at the UIPM World Championships.

Career

Curry competed in freestyle skiing from 1984–1994. During her career, she won 29 FIS World Cup medals, including three gold medals. Her medal tally was more than any other British skier or snowboarder in FIS World Cup events, until her record was broken by

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in 2020. Curry came second at three consecutive

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events, the last one of which was in

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, US. Curry came fourth in the

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demonstration event at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, France, and also competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. She came 21st out of 23 competitors, and did not qualify for the final. In 2019, Curry competed nationally and internationally in laser run, a discipline of

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. As part of the British Team she was 2019 World Champion (Ladies Team), and European Champion (Ladies Team and Mixed Team) in the masters category. She became the double World Champion in masters laser run in 2022 in the individual womens and mixed relay. She won the European Laser Run Championships 2022 in masters individual womens and mixed relay.

Personal life

Curry is from London. Curry is married to Robin Wallace, who was her coach. Wallace competed for Great Britain in freestyle skiing at the

1988 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 57 , athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) , events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) , opening = February 13, 1988 , closing = February 28, 1988 , opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé , cauldron ...

in Calgary, Canada. Their son

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competed in the

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and

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. Curry's father

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competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Jilly Living people English female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers of Great Britain Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from London Year of birth missing (living people)