Katie Ormerod

Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics

In May 2014, then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080, one of the most complex manoeuvres in snowboarding, which involves three rotations and two inverted flips.

In the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events. but was forced to withdraw from the Games after breaking her heel in two places in training. She had previously broken her wrist but was determined to compete.

In March 2020, the then 22-year-old won the overall Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup, becoming the first British woman to win a Crystal Globe.

In the 2022 Winter Olympics, she was selected to compete in the women's slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.

In the 2026 Winter Olympics, she was part of the TNT Sports commentary team for the snowboarding events.

Personal life Katie Ormerod started snowboarding aged 5 when she went to Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre with her family, who were all keen snowboarders. Speaking of her early years snowboarding, Ormerod noted "I kept snowboarding there every week, and then started going to the local snowdome. The whole time, I was balancing snowboarding with gymnastics as well, which really helped."

Her cousin is Jamie Nicholls who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics.