Jilly Wallace (née Curry) is a British former freestyle skier, who won 29 FIS World Cup medals, which was the most for any British skier or snowboarder until 2020. She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She is 6 times World Champion in Laser-Run (2023 individual + mixed team masters + ladies team, 2022 individual + mixed team masters, 2019 Women's Team) at the UIPM World Championships.
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| Full name | Jilly Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1984–1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Robin Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing, Laser Run | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Robin Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1992, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editCurry competed in freestyle skiing from 1984 to 1994. During her career, she won 29 FIS World Cup medals, including three gold medals. Her medal tally was more than any other British skier or snowboarder in FIS World Cup events,[1][2][3] until her record was broken by Jasmin Taylor in 2020.[4] Curry came second at three consecutive 1989–90 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup events, the last one of which was in Breckenridge, Colorado, US.[5]
Curry came fourth in the aerial skiing demonstration event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and also competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[1][6] She came 21st out of 23 competitors, and did not qualify for the final.[7]
Since 2019 Curry has competed nationally and internationally in laser run, biathle and triathle, all disciplines of modern pentathlon. As part of the British Team she was 2019 World Champion (Ladies Team),[8] and European Champion (Ladies Team and Mixed Team) in the masters category.[9] She became the double World Champion in masters laser run in 2022 in the individual women's and mixed relay.[10] She won the European Laser Run Championships 2022 in masters individual women's and mixed relay.[11] In 2023 she became triple World Champion at the Laser Run World Championships in Bath, UK.[12][13]
At the 2023 European Championships for Laser Run and Triathle in Erding, Germany, she won the Laser Run Women’s Masters,[14] Laser Run Mixed Team Masters[15] and Triathle Women’s Masters.[16]
Personal life
editCurry is from London.[17] Curry is married to Robin Wallace, who was her coach.[17] Wallace competed for Great Britain in freestyle skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Their son Lloyd competed in the 2018[18][19] and 2022 Winter Olympics.[20] Curry's father Peter competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[21]
References
edit- ^ a b Bell, Graham (16 November 2017). "Meet the 22-year-old skier with the chance of an Olympic medal in a forgotten Winter sport". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "FOUR MEDALS FOR GB SKIERS". Planet Ski. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Inspiration all around as Wallace sets sights on Olympic dream". Team GB. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Jasmin Taylor Breaks GB Record for World Cup Ski Medals". Planet Ski. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Freestyle team finds place in the sun". The Guardian. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burton, Mark (6 February 1994). "Rest of British: Who else can lead the world a dance at the Winter Games?: Jilly Curry – Freestyle skiing". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Cobbing in high spirits after opening aerials". The Guardian. 22 February 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UIPM 2019 Laser Run World Championships". 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Open Laser Run European Championships". 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Laser Run World Championships". 23 September 2022.
- ^ "News". Pentathlon GB.
- ^ "UIPM 2023 Laser Run World Championships | Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)". www.uipmworld.org. 19 November 2022.
- ^ "UIPM 2023 Laser Run World Championships | Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)". www.uipmworld.org. 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Biathle – Triathle - LaserRun European Championships 2023, 2023-06-28-2023-07-02 : : my.race|result".
- ^ "Biathle – Triathle - LaserRun European Championships 2023, 2023-06-28-2023-07-02 : : my.race|result".
- ^ "Biathle – Triathle - LaserRun European Championships 2023, 2023-06-28-2023-07-02 : : my.race|result".
- ^ a b "Route of champions for dedicated Emma". The Observer. 19 December 1993. p. 45. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Abbott, Harry (25 January 2018). "Semley aerials skier Lloyd Wallace going to Winter Olympics". Salisbury Times. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Dean, Sam (7 November 2017). "British aerial skier Lloyd Wallace soars towards Pyeongchang after horror crash that left him in a coma". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Team GB Skiing and Snowboarding Contingent Confirmed for Beijing 2022". Team GB. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Peter Curry". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2021.