Katya Crema

Nicknamed Kat, Crema was born on 2 August 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria.[2][3]

She is 5.75 feet (1.75 metres) tall and weighs 132 pounds (60 kilograms).[4] Her father was born in Italy but immigrated to Victoria where he went into construction.[5] From 2008, she attended the University of Melbourne, where she studied towards a Bachelor of Environments majoring architecture.[5][6] She is subsequently completing a Masters of Property.

Crema has been affiliated with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS).[6] She is coached by Matthew Lyons.[6] Her scholarship with the AIS started on 1 July 2008.[3] While at university, she held a High Performance Scholarship for skiing.[3] Her skiing is sponsored by Rip Curl, POC, Komperdell, and Stoekli.[3] Crema is a member of the Mount Buller Race Club.[7] She originally did alpine skiing but switched to ski cross[5] when she was nineteen years old;[3] during the 2007/2008 ski season.[8]

When actively training off the snow, she may do 10 to 12 training sessions a week. When training on the snow, her on snow training sessions may last up to four hours each with up to six sessions a week.[9] She competed in the 2007 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Flachau, Austria.[6] She competed in the 2009 Freestyle World Championships held in Inawashiro, Japan.[6] Crema competed in the 2009 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Fomigal, Spain.[6] In 2009, she trained with skier Jenny Owens.[5] In January 2010, she finished in 10th position at the Lake Placid World Cup.[7]

Crema participated in the 2010 Vancouver Games in the first Olympic women's ski-cross event,[5] where she finished 15th,[3] being one of two Australian women to compete in this event.[5][10] She made her Winter X-Games debut in 2010.[4] In 2011, she participated in the AUC Snow Sports competition.[11] She competed in the 2011 Freestyle World Championships in Deer Valley,[6] where she finished 17th.[3] In 2011, her best result was first at the Mount Hotham hosted Australian New Zealand Cup.[2] She competed at the 2012 Les Contamines in France where she finished 7th.[3]

She competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski cross events where she finished 7th.

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