Charlie Guest

Charlotte "Charlie" Guest (born 30 December 1993) is a retired Scottish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialised in slalom and competed occasionally in giant slalom. She was the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race.

She is the granddaughter of The Honorable Dame Mary Drummond Corsar (8 July 1927 – 12 August 2020)

Career

Early career Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Guest started skiing at the age of 3 on the slopes of Cairngorm in the Scottish Highlands near her grandmother's home in Nethy Bridge. Guest trained there with the Scottish Ski Club until she joined the British Ski Academy in France at 11. At age 14, she became the first British girl to win an international children's race,

At the end of 2014, she broke her spine in a skiing accident in Sweden, but by February 2016 had re-entered the top 100 rankings.

In the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015, Guest finished 32 in the slalom and 43 in the giant slalom just 11 weeks after breaking four vertebrae.

In January 2018, Guest was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She placed 33 in the slalom and reached the quarterfinals of the inaugural mixed team event.

She was again selected to compete in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 after missing the 2017 Championships with a broken hand, where she achieved Britain's best female performance with a 24th in the Slalom.

Guest broke records as a British skier in 2019, becoming the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race. She went on again to win in Hasliberg, Switzerland, in January 2020.

In 2019, Guest began studying for a BSc in psychology at The University of Aberdeen

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2020 26 124 — — — — — 2021 27 82 33 — — — — 2022 287025 — — — —

Olympic Results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2018 24 33 — — — — 2022 2821 — — — —