Katie Ormerod Injury Update: Katie, a snowboarder from the United Kingdom who had been picked to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been injured.

She was supposed to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in slopestyle and big air snowboarding.

Katie Ormerod Injury Update: How Old Is The Snowboarding Athlete? Meet Her On Twitter

She was labeled “perhaps Britain’s biggest medal hope for Pyeongchang 2018,” but she had to pull out of the Games after breaking her heel in two places during training.

She had already injured her wrist, but she was adamant about competing.

Katie Ormerod Injury Update

The British snowboarder, Katie Ormerod, slid off a rail too early in training and split her right heel bone in half the day before competing in Pyeongchang 2018.

She added that her past injuries, including fractured vertebrae, broken arms, and a snapped anterior cruciate ligament, “felt like paper wounds” after the break.

Nine months of pinned bones, skin grafts, procedures, and arduous rehab followed.

She won her first Crystal Globe as an overall World Cup winner in slopestyle six months later, making her the most successful British snowboarder ever.

But she may be all set to compete in Winter Olympic 2022, going to be held in Beijing in February.

Katie Ormerod Wikipedia

Katie Ormerod is listed on the official page of Wikipedia.

When Ormerod was 16, she nearly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She finished third in the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang in November 2016.

A test event for the 2018 Winter Olympics location, she won the Big Air World Cup event in Moscow. Also, she won a bronze medal in the Women’s Slopestyle at the Winter X Games in January 2017.

Katie was the first female to land a double cork 1080 on a snowboard which was one of the most challenging feats in snowboarding that involved three rotations and two inverted flips, in May 2014, when she was just 16 years old.

Meet Katie Ormerod On Twitter & Instagram

Katie Ormerod is very popular on Twitter, where she has gained 12.2K followers under the username @OrmerodKatie.

Katie joined Twitter in July 2011 and has posted 2,217 tweets so far.

The athlete is also active on Instagram, and her Instagram account username is @ormerodkatie.

She has posted 1,635 posts and has gained 70.4K followers on Instagram to date.

Katie Ormerod Net Worth Explored

Katie Ormerod hasn’t shared her exact net worth on the internet publicly. The athlete’s estimated net worth is $1 million to $5 million.

The athlete makes the most of her money as a successful snowboarder. She was born in the United Kingdom. Her salary details are under review.

Katie Ormerod Age: How Old Is The Athlete?

Katie Ormerod’s age is 24 years old, and her date of birth is August 25, 1997.

The athlete’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and her nationality is British.

Katie Ormerod began snowboarding when she was five years old when she went to the Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre with her family, all of whom were avid snowboarders.

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