Katya Crema

Katya Crema
Personal information
Nickname(s) Kat
Nationality Australia
Born (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Residence Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) (2014)[1]
Weight 64 kg (141 lb) (2014)
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Skiing
Club Mount Buller Race Club
Coached by Matt Lyon
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2010 Winter Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics
Medal record
New Zealand Winter Games
2011 Cardrona Ski Cross

Katya Crema (born 2 August 1988), often simply known as Kat, is an Australian alpine and ski cross skier from Melbourne, Victoria. Competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished fifteenth. Crema has also skied on the Winter X-Games circuit, making her debut in 2010.

Personal

Nicknamed Kat, Crema was born on 2 August 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria.[2][3]

She is 5.75 feet (1.75 metres) tall and weighs 132 pounds (60 kilograms).[4] Her father was born in Italy but immigrated to Victoria where he went into construction.[5] From 2008, she attended the University of Melbourne, where she studied towards a Bachelor of Environments majoring architecture. [5][6] She is subsequently completing a Masters of Property.

Skiing

Crema has been affiliated with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS).[6] She is coached by Matthew Lyons.[6] Her scholarship with the AIS started on 1 July 2008.[3] While at university, she held a High Performance Scholarship for skiing.[3] Her skiing is sponsored by Rip Curl, POC, Komperdell, and Stoekli.[3] Crema is a member of the Mount Buller Race Club.[7] She originally did alpine skiing but switched to ski cross[5] when she was nineteen years old;[3] during the 2007/2008 ski season.[8]

When actively training off the snow, she may do 10 to 12 training sessions a week. When training on the snow, her on snow training sessions may last up to four hours each with up to six sessions a week.[9] She competed in the 2007 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Flachau, Austria.[6] She competed in the 2009 Freestyle World Championships held in Inawashiro, Japan.[6] Crema competed in the 2009 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Fomigal, Spain.[6] In 2009, she trained with skier Jenny Owens.[5] In January 2010, she finished in 10th position at the Lake Placid World Cup.[7]

Crema participated in the 2010 Vancouver Games in the first Olympic women's ski-cross event,[5] where she finished 15th,[3] being one of two Australian women to compete in this event.[5][10] She made her Winter X-Games debut in 2010.[4] In 2011, she participated in the AUC Snow Sports competition.[11] She competed in the 2011 Freestyle World Championships in Deer Valley,[6] where she finished 17th.[3] In 2011, her best result was first at the Mount Hotham hosted Australian New Zealand Cup.[2] She competed at the 2012 Les Contamines in France where she finished 7th.[3]

She competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski cross events where she finished 7th.

Performances

Race date Competition Discipline Place Country Position Points Reference
29 August 1999 Australian New Zealand Cup Dual moguls Mount Buller Australia 17 [2]
29 August 1999 Australian New Zealand Cup Moguls Mount Buller Australia 18 [2]
12 January 2008 World Cup Ski Cross Les Contamines France 18 130 [2]
20 January 2008 World Cup Ski Cross Kreischberg Austria 14 180 [2]
26 January 2008 Europa Cup Ski Cross Zweisimmen Switzerland 12 48.4 [2]
22 February 2008 World Cup Ski Cross Sierra Nevada Spain 11 240 [2]
6 March 2008 World Cup Ski Cross Grindelwald Switzerland 21 100 [2]
6 February 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Cypress Mountain Canada DNS [2]
19 February 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Myrkdalen-Voss Norway 33 24 [2]
24 February 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Branas Sweden 27 45 [2]
2 March 2009 World Ski Championships Ski Cross Inawashiro Japan 26 50 [2]
12 March 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Grindelwald Switzerland 32 26 [2]
14 March 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Meiringen-Hasliberg Switzerland 40 18.5 [2]
22 August 2009 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 6 88 [2]
23 August 2009 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross

Mount Hotham

Australia 5 90 [2]
13 December 2009 Europa Cup Ski Cross Geilo Norway 14 90 [2]
21 December 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 34 22 [2]
22 December 2009 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 32 26 [2]
5 January 2010 World Cup Ski Cross St. Johann (Tirol) Austria 28 40 [2]
9 January 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Les Contamines France 29 36 [2]
13 January 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Alpe d Huez France 23 80 [2]
20 January 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Blue Mountain Canada 25 60 [2]
24 January 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Lake Placid United States 10 260 [2]
23 February 2010 Olympic Winter Games Ski Cross Cypress Mountain Canada 15 160 [2]
6 March 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Branas Sweden DNS [2]
12 March 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Grindelwald Switzerland 18 130 [2]
14 March 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Meiringen-Hasliberg Switzerland 25 60 [2]
21 August 2010 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 1 180 [2]
22 August 2010 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 2 144 [2]
11 December 2010 Europa Cup Ski Cross Jerzens Austria 11 120 [2]
18 December 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 23 80 [2]
19 December 2010 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 25 60 [2]
7 January 2011 World Cup Ski Cross St. Johann (Tirol) Austria 23 80 [2]
12 January 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Alpe d Huez France 18 130 [2]
16 January 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Les Contamines France 17 140 [2]
22 January 2011 Europa Cup Ski Cross Zweisimmen Switzerland 7 144 [2]
29 January 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Grasgehren Germany 13 200 [2]
4 February 2011 World Ski Championships Ski Cross Deer Valley United States 17 140 [2]
11 February 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Blue Mountain Canada 13 200 [2]
27 February 2011 National Championships Ski Cross Mittenwald Germany 11 86.4 [2]
3 March 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Grindelwald Switzerland 13 200 [2]
6 March 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Meiringen-Hasliberg Switzerland 17 140 [2]
13 March 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Branas Sweden 14 180 [2]
19 March 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Myrkdalen-Voss Norway 15 160 [2]
21 August 2011 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 1 260 [2]
22 August 2011 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 2 192 [2]
26 August 2011 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Cardrona New Zealand 2 232 [2]
17 December 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 28 40 [2]
18 December 2011 World Cup Ski Cross Innichen/San Candido Italy 22 90 [2]
7 January 2012 World Cup Ski Cross St. Johann (Tirol) Austria 18 130 [2]
11 January 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Alpe d Huez France 22 90 [2]
15 January 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Les Contamines France 7 360 [2]
3 February 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Blue Mountain Canada 11 240 [2]
25 February 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Bischofswiesen/Goetschen Germany 18 130 [2]
26 February 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Bischofswiesen/Goetschen Germany 10 260 [2]
3 March 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Branas Sweden 15 160 [2]
10 March 2012 World Cup Ski Cross Grindelwald Switzerland 15 160 [2]
18 August 2012 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 2 232 [2]
19 August 2012 Australian New Zealand Cup Ski Cross Mount Hotham Australia 1 290 [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Katya Crema". sochi2014.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 "biographie". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Katya Crema | Olympic Winter Institute of Australia". Owia.org. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  4. 1 2 Katya Crema Skier/Architecture Student (2012-01-15). "Katya Crema Profile - Bio - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Josh, By (2009-12-10). "Katya is our Crema of the cropu". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crema, Katy (2012). "Biography". Australia.
  7. 1 2 "Katya Crema's Profile - Skier". XTM.com.au. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Australian Olympic Committee: Katya Crema". Corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Katya Crema". 2xu.com.au. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  10. ↑ "Freestyle skiing - Women's Ski Cross Results | 2010 Winter Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  11. ↑ "AUC Snow Sports". Unisport.com.au. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
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