Charlotte Evans
MBE
Alpine skiing | ||
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Representing Great Britain | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2014 Sochi | Super-G (guide) |
Charlotte Evans MBE (born 29 March 1991) is a British skier, sighted guide and Paralympian. She is from Chatham in Kent, and attended Rochester Grammar School and then MidKent College. She started skiing as a child at the Chatham Ski Centre, a dry ski slope, moving on to snow at the age of 14.[1]
At the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games, as guide for visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher, she won gold in the women's super-G.[2] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to Paralympic sport.[3][4]
Charlotte skied with several famous people such as Fanny Chmelar.
References
- ^ Kent on Sunday newspaper (Mid Kent), 13 December 2014"
- ^ "Charlotte Evans". Sochi Paralympics. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b18.
- ^ "Warren Gatland and Lizzy Yarnold recognised in Honours List". The Guardian. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
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