Katie Vesterstein

Kaitlyn Vesterstein (born June 21, 1999) is an alpine skier, who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Born in the United States, Vesterstein now competes for Estonia, and the University of Utah college team.

Personal life Vesterstein is from Duluth, Minnesota, US. Her grandfather and great-uncle were both skiers in Estonia, and her grandfather moved from Estonia to Duluth in the 1950s. and was later a forced displacement from the Soviet Union to the United States.

At the age of 10, Vesterstein moved to Park City, Utah. and planned to study a master's degree in finance in 2022. In 2016, she won first place in the slalom at the under-16s event at the US team's training base, and came second at a Dan Nagy Memorial under-19s event. In 2017, she came 17th in the slalom event at the United States Alpine Ski Championships, and third in the under-18 slalom event at the North American Championships. At the time of her nationality change, Vesterstein had only been to Estonia once, in 2017, and did not speak Estonian. and won second-team All-America honors.

In the same month, Vesterstein was confirmed in the Estonian team for the 2022 Winter Olympics. She competed in the slalom and giant slalom events, and did not finish her first run in the slalom event after falling.