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About Laurie Taylor

I am one of the best skiers for my age in the UK and aim to become the best, compete in the Europa Cup, World Cup and Olympics. My target is to compete in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea 2018.  I aim to work hard to compete for medals in these championships.

I currently compete with the smallest budget compared to the people I race against. To remain competetive and reach my goals, I need to raise funds towards my training programme, which is beyond my available resources.

I believe I have the determination and talent to succeed and hopefully the information I have given below will encourage you to sponsor me and the team doing the sponsored walk. 

I started skiing when I was 6 years old on a family holiday. From that moment I loved skiing and this led to me joining the Aldershot Ski Race Team when I was 9. I was very keen and wanted to get as many runs as possible on the training courses. It wasn’t long before I started joining in with other clubs (Bromley and Southampton), as well, to get more training. I went from coming nearly last to getting podiums within my first season.

When I was 10, I was invited to train at the British Ski Academy (BSA) by Malcolm Erskine, which is based in Les Houches, France. I have been skiing with BSA each European season since and I have also spent four season racing in New Zealand with the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team (QAST). To help fund this, I wash dishes in the BSA kitchen. I also help the caretaker of the Otago Ski Lodge, where I stay in New Zealand and I tune peoples skis.

Currently I am in the British Junior Ski Team, I have received a silver Olympic passport and I recently competed in the European Youth Olympic Games in Brasov, Romania. From the last FIS points list I was ranked 2nd for my age in Britain for GS and 3rd for slalom. But I aim to be ranked first by the end of the next European season.

I completed my A-level equivalents in November 2012 and I am now taking time out to ski full time to realise my dreams.

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