Emily Bamford
Personal information
Born (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight64 kg (10 st 1 lb; 141 lb)

Emily Bamford (born 11 March 1992)[2] is an Australian alpine skier. She competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events.[3] Bamford spent most of her life in Doreen, Victoria. She is the daughter of Australian businessman and horse-racing tycoon Kevin Bamford. Growing up on a horse racing farm led her to compete in equestrian events and competed in dressage, showjumping, and eventing at a state level. On weekends she would visit Mt Buller to ski with her family and joined the Mt. Buller Racing Club at the age of nine. At 16 Bamford had to choose between continuing to compete in equestrian or skiing. She gave up equestrian to pursue competitive skiing and moved to Stratton Mountain in Vermont USA to attend Stratton Mountain School, a college-preparatory boarding school which focuses on winter sports. Bamford represented Australia in the Junior World Championships of 2009, 2011 and 2012. At 21, she made her Olympic debut in Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. She placed 50th in the Giant Slalom event and did not finish the Slalom.[4] Bamford attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and graduated in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ FIS Biography
  3. ↑ "Australia team increased to 60 for Sochi". Associated Press. Sydney, Australia. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014. She began skiing at age four after her parents enrolled her in ski school. "I hated it originally, my parents actually have footage of me hysterically crying in ski school while they hid in the bushes laughing. I didn't want to me in ski school i wanted to be out skiing with my parents" (Sochi2014.olympics.com.au, 14 Nov 2013; Linkedin profile, 14 Jan 2014)
  4. ↑ "Bamford, Emily." Corporate Olympics. Accessed 13 March 2016 http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/emily-bamford


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