Kaya Turski

Kaya Turski (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is an eight-time Winter X Games champion in Women's Ski slope style. At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at a Winter X Games with 96.66. One week after she won the gold medal in Slopestyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, ahead of Keri Herman and Grete Eliassen,[2] she captured the silver medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships,[3] behind Anna Segal of Australia. In mid-2013, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament.[4]

Kaya Turski
Personal information
Birth nameHannah Kaya Turski[1]
Born (1988-05-03) May 3, 1988
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)
Websitewww.kayaturski.com/kaya.html
Sport
CountryCanada
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 VossSlopestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Deer ValleySlopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2010 Tignes Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2011 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2011 Tignes Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2012 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2012 Tignes Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2013 Tignes Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place2014 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Aspen Slopestyle

Involved in aggressive inline skating in her early teen years, Turski had limited experience in skiing when she moved to Whistler from Montreal to train in the sport, aged 17.[4] She speaks English, French, and Polish.[5] Her grandmother was a Polish skier who moved to Canada with her two sons after World War II.[6]

Kaya currently resides in Montreal and Mammoth Lakes, CA. She participated in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

On October 3, 2017, Turski announced her retirement from freestyle skiing.[7]

References
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  2. "Women's Ski Slopestyle Results". EXPN.com. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. "Results. Park City Mountain Resort (USA). Slopestyle. 03.02.2011. World Ski Championships". fis-ski.com. February 3, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. Buchner, Jill (February 2014). "Team Canada slopestyle skier: Kaya Turski". Canadian Living.
  5. "Kaya TURSKI". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014.
  6. Fitz-Gerald, Sean (January 21, 2014). "Freestyle skier Kaya Turski draws strength, confidence from her family". Canada.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  7. "Kaya Turski announces her retirement from freestyle skiing". CBC. October 3, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.


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