Julia Murray
Julia Murray ( born December 23, 1988 in Whistler, British Columbia) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She specializes in the discipline of ski cross.
Biography
Her father Dave Murray was skier and belonged in the 1970s to the "Crazy Canucks "; he died when she was two years old. Her mother Stephanie Sloan was also a freestyle skier and won the 1979 overall standings of the World Cup.
Julia Murray was incorporated into the newly formed Canadian National Ski Cross Team in 2007. On January 12, 2008, she participated in Les Contamines for the first time at a World Cup race in part and drove to eighth place. As a result, it has established itself among the world leaders and reached several placings in the top ten. Your first podium she reached on 14 March 2009 as the third party in Hasliberg. Your best result so far is a second place finish, achieved on January 9, 2010 in Les Contamines.
At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 Murray was eliminated in the quarterfinals and classified as Twelfth, after which they ended the season prematurely. In the season 2010/11 Murray came in the World Cup does not have an eleventh place out, but still qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley and won the silver medal.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Vancouver 2010: 12 ski cross
World Championships
- Inawashiro 2009: 10 ski cross
- Deer Valley 2011: 2 ski cross
World Cup
- Season 2007/ 08: 10 ski cross World Cup
- Season 2008/ 09: 11 ski cross World Cup
- Season 2009/ 10: 8 ski cross World Cup
- 3 podiums