Jasmin Taylor (born 22 August 1993)[1] is a British telemark skier, who holds the record for the British skier with the most World Cup and World Championships medals. She won medals at the 2015, 2017 and 2023 World Telemarking Championships.
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| Nickname | Jaz[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1993 Colchester, Essex, England[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2011– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Telemark skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2015, 2017, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
As a child, Taylor was an alpine skier.[4] She started out on a dry ski slope in Ipswich, England.[5] She took up telemark skiing at the age of 15,[4] after being invited to train in Les Houches, France, by the British Ski Academy.[5] She is now based in Les Houches , France during the winter ski season,[6] and has trained in Hemel Hempstead, England during the summer season.[7]
In 2011, Taylor competed at the World Youth Telemarking World Championships in Norway.[5] In 2012, she made £2,000 from selling items at a car boot sale, which allowed her to compete at that year's British Championships. She won the event.[4] She is now a five time British champion.[8] In 2013, Taylor won her first Telemarking World Cup medal;[4] it was also the first medal for a Briton in the Telemark World Cup.[5] In 2015, she won her first bronze medal at the World Telemarking Championships;[4] it was Britain's first ever medal at the championships.[8] In 2016, she competed in the telemark demonstration event at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.[4]
In the 2016–17 season, Taylor won six World Cup medals,[4] and finished fourth in the World Cup overall standing.[2] She also won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Telemarking Championships.[4] In the 2017–18 season, she won her first World Cup event, in Suicide Six, Vermont, US. She also won a World Cup event in Sugarbush, Vermont, US a few days later.[2] In 2019, Taylor won the telemarking event in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, her fifth career World Cup victory.[9]
In January 2020, Taylor overtook Jilly Curry to become the British skier with the most World Cup and World Championships medals, after winning her 30th World Cup medal in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France.[6] During the 2020–21 season, Taylor trained in Switzerland, as French ski lifts were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
At the 2022 Telemark Skiing World Cup, Taylor came first and second in the two events in Les Houches, France. At the World Cup event in Mürren, Switzerland, she won the parallel sprint competition and came second in the classic and sprint events.[11] She finished in the top three in nine World Cup events,[12] including seven consecutive competitions. She finished the season second overall.[13] At the 2023 World Telemarking Championships, she came second in the parallel sprint event,[14] and third in the classic event.[15]
Personal life edit
Taylor was born in Colchester, England,[2] and grew up in Ipswich, England.[7] Aside from skiing, Taylor works as a professional fitness coach,[4] and a gym instructor.[5] She studied sports science at the University of Suffolk.[16]
References edit
- ^ a b Jasmin Taylor at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ a b c d "Suffolk skier Jasmin Taylor claims her first-ever World Cup wins". East Anglian Daily Times. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Jasmin Taylor Results". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jasmin Taylor – Telemark skier who went from a car boot sale to World medals". BBC Sport. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Jasmin Taylor interview: Britain's first telemark skiing medallist". The Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Jasmin Taylor Breaks GB Record for World Cup Ski Medals". Planet Ski. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Jasmin Taylor: Telemark skiing 'can be Olympic by 2022'". BBC Sport. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Jasmin Taylor, a telemark Eddie the Eagle and our best hope for the winter Olympics?". British Mountaineering Council. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Fifth Telemark World Cup Gold For Britain's Jasmin Taylor". InTheSnow.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "At French Resorts, Skiing Has Become an Uphill Sport". The New York Times. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "BANKES, BROOKES, RAPOSO, AND TAYLOR LEAD THE WAY AS SEASON DRAWS TOWARDS A CLOSE". GB Snowsport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "SIX ATHLETE WORLD CUP TEAM LEADS 2022/23 BRITISH TELEMARK SQUAD". GB Snowsport. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Jasmin Taylor targets number one ranking in telemark skiing". BBC Sport. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Women's parallel sprint results
- ^ Women's classic results
- ^ "Nino Severino: There's something special afoot in this British sports team". East Anglian Daily Times. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.