| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1978 Sydney |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (140 lb; 9.9 st) |
| Website | www.jennyowens.com |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
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| Competitor for Australia | ||
| Women's Freestyle skiing |
Jenny Owens (born 17 May 1978), from Sydney, Australia is an Australian freestyle skier currently living in Freshwater, New South Wales.
Owens competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Alpine, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Freestyle, 2 x FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, 6 years on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup tour, 5 years on FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cups, 2 x FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships and has competed in 3 Winter X Games. Owens is a member of the Australian Ski Cross Team. Owens was also a member of the Australian Alpine Team for 7 years.
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Owens made her Alpine World Cup debut in St Moritz Switzerland on 17 December 1999 at age 21. She also collected her first World Cup points (top-30 finish in a race) at this event.
Owens struggled to make the top-30 consistently and did not score any more World Cup points until 21 December 2001 back in St Moritz. Owens best placing on the World Cup Alpine tour was 17th in Saalbach-Hinterglemm Austria.
Owens competed in alpine skiing for 14 years, skiing in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (Australia at the Winter Olympics) and in two world Championships, St Anton 2001 and St Moritz 2003. She retired from Alpine racing in January 2004. In June 2005, Owens decided to make a come back and compete in the new Olympic event (for Vancouver 2010) called Ski Cross.
Owens has reached the podium a number of time throughout her Ski Cross career but had several injuries previous to the Vancouver Olympics and underwent two knee surgeries, one 4 months and the other 4 weeks before the Games. Owens placed 13th in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Winter Games. She underwent her fourth knee surgery (second ACL reconstruction) right after the Olympics in March 2010.
Owens was back on the Ski Cross tour in 2011 collecting a bronze medal at the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Canada and also place 5th at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011 in Deer Valley USA.
Owens has decided to continue for another Olympics ( 2014 Winter Olympics ) in Sochi, Russia due to her great come back. This will be her third Olympics.
Owens has had two silver and two bronze medals on the Freestyle World Cup tour to date in her career.
Owens has been one of the top ranked Ski Cross athletes since her debut in 2005. In 2009–2010 she had numerous injuries and missed eight of the scheduled world cups and nearly the Vancouver 2010.
Owens competed on the Alpine World Cup for 6 years, placing in the top 30 several times in the Combined and Downhill events.
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