Kaya Turski (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is an eight-time Winter X Games champion in Women's Ski slope style. At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at a Winter X Games with 96.66. One week after she won the gold medal in Slopestyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, ahead of Keri Herman and Grete Eliassen,[2] she captured the silver medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships,[3] behind Anna Segal of Australia. In mid-2013, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament.[4]
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| Birth name | Hannah Kaya Turski[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 3, 1988 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Involved in aggressive inline skating in her early teen years, Turski had limited experience in skiing when she moved to Whistler from Montreal to train in the sport, aged 17.[4] She speaks English, French, and Polish.[5] Her grandmother was a Polish skier who moved to Canada with her two sons after World War II.[6]
Kaya currently resides in Montreal and Mammoth Lakes, CA. She participated in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
On October 3, 2017, Turski announced her retirement from freestyle skiing.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Login • Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Women's Ski Slopestyle Results". EXPN.com. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ "Results. Park City Mountain Resort (USA). Slopestyle. 03.02.2011. World Ski Championships". fis-ski.com. February 3, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- ^ a b Buchner, Jill (February 2014). "Team Canada slopestyle skier: Kaya Turski". Canadian Living.
- ^ "Kaya TURSKI". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014.
- ^ Fitz-Gerald, Sean (January 21, 2014). "Freestyle skier Kaya Turski draws strength, confidence from her family". Canada.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ "Kaya Turski announces her retirement from freestyle skiing". CBC. October 3, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
External links edit
- Official website
- Kaya Turski at FIS (freestyle)
- Kaya Turski at Olympedia
- Kaya Turski at the X Games (archived)
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