List of famous female freestyle skiers, listed by their level of prominence with photos when available. This greatest female freestyle skiers list contains the most prominent and top females known for being freestyle skiers. There are thousand of females working as freestyle skiers in the world, but this list highlights only the most notable ones. Historic freestyle skiers have worked hard to become the best that they can be, so if you're a female aspiring to be a freestyle skier then the people below should give you inspiration.
List features people like Emilie Serain, Elizabeth Gardner, and many more
While this isn't a list of all female freestyle skiers, it does answer the questions "Who are the most famous female freestyle skiers?" and "Who are the best female freestyle skiers?"- Danielle Poleschuk is a freestyle skier.
- Evelyne Leu (born 7 July 1976) is a former Swiss freestyle skier. She won a Gold medal in Aerial skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the 2010 Winter Olympics when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying. She retired in April 2010.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useJenny Owens (born 17 May 1978), from Sydney, Australia was an Australian Alpine Skier & freestyle skier who now lives in St Kilda, Victoria. Owens competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Alpine, the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics in Freestyle. Owens has also competed in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships twice and the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships twice, competed for six years on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup tour and 9 years on FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup and has competed in four Winter X Games. She won the Bronze medal in the SkierX in 2012. Owens was a member of the Australian Ski Cross Team for nine years and was a member of the Australian Alpine Team for seven years before that.
- Yulia Galysheva is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useMengtao Xu is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useYulia Livinskaya is a Russian freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross. Livinskaya competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Russia. She placed 32nd in the qualifying round in ski cross, to advance to the knockout stages. She did not finish her first round heat, and did not advance. As of April 2013, her best finish at the World Championships is 20th, in 2011. Livinskaya made her World Cup debut in March 2009. As of April 2013, her best finish at a World Cup event is 10th, coming at two events in 2011/12. Her best World Cup overall finish in ski cross is 20th, in 2011/12.
- Hanna Huskova is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useAlla Tsuper is an Olympic Freestyle Skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useElizabeth Gardner is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: user uploaded imageMiyuki Hatanaka is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useNikola Sudova is a freestyle skier.
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Sanna Luedi
Sanna Luedi is a freestyle skier. Eliza Outtrim
Eliza Outtrim is a freestyle skier.- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useVeronika Bauer is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useAudrey Robichaud (born May 5, 1988 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian athlete. She placed eighth in the women's moguls freestyle skiing at the 2006 Olympics with a score of 23.10. She finished behind fellow Canadians Kristi Richards (7th, 23.30) and Jennifer Heil (1st, 26.50) at this February 11, 2006, event. In the World Cup Moguls event on December 18, 2005, she finished 14th.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useLi Nina (Chinese: 李妮娜; pinyin: Lǐ Nīnà, born January 10, 1983 in Benxi, Liaoning) is a Chinese aerial skier who won silver at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. She placed 5th at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won the last three World Championships in aerials. Her nickname is 'Snow Princess'.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useBree Munro is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useDaria Yevgenyevna Serova (Russian: Дария Евгеньевна Серова, born July 24, 1982 in Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast) is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the moguls discipline.
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Virginie Faivre
Virginie Faivre is a freestyle skier. - Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useNadiya Didenko is a freestyle skier.
- Emiko Torito is a freestyle skier.
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Mirjam Jaeger
Mirjam Jaeger is a freestyle skier. - Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useNathalie Bazin is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useSaša Farič is a Slovenian freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and a former alpine skier. Farič competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Slovenia. She placed 16th in the qualifying round in ski cross, to advance to the knockout stages. She finished second in her first round heat to advance to the quarterfinals. In that race, she finished in fourth, failing to advance. As of April 2013, her best finish at the World Championships is 4th, in 2009. Faric made her World Cup debut in November 2003. As of April 2013, she has two World Cup victories, the first coming in that debut race at Saas-Fee in 2003/04. She also has three other World Cup podium finishes. Her best World Cup overall finish in ski cross is 2nd, in 2007/08.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useKristi Richards (born October 27, 1981 in Penticton, British Columbia) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia. She participates in moguls. In 2003, Richards won the Canadian championships and in the same year she won the Apex Mountain BC Nor-Am Cup. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Richards finished in 7th place in the ladies' moguls. Richards is a two-time recipient of the B.C. Premier's Awards. At the 2007 Freestyle Skiing world championships in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Richards won the gold medal in the mogul competition, beating fellow Canadian and Olympic champion Jennifer Heil. Richards was a member of the Canadian freestyle team that went to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Kristi Richards competed in the final of the moguls after finishing the qualifying run in 4th place. Richards landed her first jump and on her way to the second jump she lost control, lost a ski, and fell. Richards stood for a while and collected her thoughts, and to the cheers of the Canadians waiting at the bottom once again sped on her way to the second jump. There she landed a back full and completed her run to a screaming throng of Canadian fans at the bottom. However, due to her fall she finished in 20th place and last in the final. Richards recovered from her disappointing Olympics by winning a bronze at the 2011 World Championships in the moguls event.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useTae Satoya (里谷 多英, Satoya Tae, born on June 12, 1976 in Sapporo, Japan) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games. Satoya became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. She was banned by the Ski Association of Japan from participating in the 2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships in Finland.Although reportedly suffering from back problems, Satoya competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Ladies' Moguls where she finished 19th after falling on her last jump.
- Amber Peterson is a freestyle skier.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useChloé Georges, born 1 October 1980, is a French acrobatic skier, specialised in ski cross. She is 1.64 m tall and skis at the club at Courchevel. She took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics where she finished 28th in qualification for the ski cross. In 2009, Ms. Georges won two gold medals in the Europa Cup ski cross competition, and a silver medal at the National Championships held at Sierra Nevada. In 2010, she won a bronze medal at the National Championships held at Megève.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useAiko Uemura (上村 愛子, Uemura Aiko) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She participates in moguls and dual moguls. Her family moved to Hakuba town, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1986. She graduated from Hakuba High School in 1998, and works for the Kitano Construction Corporation in Nagano city, Japan. She is the first Japanese woman to win the 2007–08 World Cup in moguls, and also won two gold medals at FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009. She took part in the Winter Olympic Games in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. In June 2009, she married alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she was beaten for bronze by Hannah Kearney, the previous Olympic champion.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB)Karolina Riemen is a freestyle skier.
