• NAME- Jo Ryding

• DATE OF BIRTH- 28.07.1988

• YEARS ON TEAM 4

• PLACE OF RESIDENCE- Bretherton, Lancashire

• SKIING HISTORY – Started skiing when I was 4 with my grandparents in Samoens, French Alps. I then went on to join the local Dry Slope Ski Club at Pendle where my dad became the coach. After many family skiing holidays in France I became interested in training and racing on snow, joined Kandahar Ski Club and was selected to the England Ski Team with Tim Fawke as my coach. I was on the GB team at the European Youth Olympics in 2005 and continued onto the Home Nations Development Full Time Team a couple of years later. In a downhill race in Innerkremms I crashed near the end and caused sever damage to my right knee. 18 months and 4 operations later I am on my way to recovery. I am really looking forward to being allowed to ski again in April 2009

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

2003 JN1 British & English Dry Slope Champ

2003 Represented England at the World Schools Ski Champs Schladming, Austria

2004 Scottish, Irish, British & European Dry slope champion (Ranked no1 on Dry Slope)

2005 Represented GB at Youth Olympics in Monthey Switzerland

2005 English, Irish, Welsh Slalom Champion, Scottish & British GS Champion Dry Slope (ranked no1)

2006 British Alpine School Girls Combined, Slalom and GS Champion.

2006 2^nd Super G Overall English Alpine Champs Puy St Vincent France

2006 3^rd Brit Slalom Overall English Alpine Champs Puy St Vincent France

2006 3^rd Brit GS Overall Scottish Champs, Courchevel, France

2007 3^rd GS National Junior Champs Falcade Italy

• SKIS / BOOTS / POLES / HELMETS

Skis- Dynastar

Boots- Fischer

Poles- Dynastar

Helemet Carrera

• FUTURE GOALS (not just Olympics/world champion)

To Come back from injury Ready for 2009/10 season

Lower FIS Points to under 50 in Slalom and GS

Lower FIS points to under 100 in Super G

Get on the British Alpine Ski Team

Perform in Europa and World Cups

Eventually Represent GB at the Olympics