Sami Kennedy-Sim (born 26 May 1988) is an Australian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

currently living in

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Skiing career

After two podium finishes on the

Ski Cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often cons ...

Europa Cup circuit, Kennedy-Sim made her debut on the

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s in

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, USA in 2008 finishing 20th. Kennedy-Sim has been competing on the

tour for three years placing in the top 5 on the World Cup tour. In 2011, she competed at the

FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for freestyle skiing. It was first organized in 1986 and is now held every odd year. Currently, the events included in the world championships are Moguls, ...

. Kennedy-Sim, finished her 2012 season being ranked 12th in the world. She competed for

Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics Australia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Australia's team consisted of 60 athletes competing in 11 sports, which represented the largest Winter Olympics team the country had ever sent. Medalists ...

in the ski cross events. Sami married Cross Country Olympian

Ben Sim Ben Sim (born 30 July 1985 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the team sprint, 45th in the 15 km, and 47th in the 15&nb ...

in April 2011. Before the

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, she survived a stroke. Kennedy-Sim had an eighth place finish at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

and was named as Australia's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

References

External links

* * http://samikennedysim.com/blog
Olympic Winter Institute
* http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/sami-kennedy-sim-was-in-shock-when-told-shed-had-a-stroke/story-e6frg7mf-1226765606549 1988 births Australian female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia Skiers from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub