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Kelly VanderBeek (born January 21, 1983 in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a retired Canadian alpine skier originally from Kitchener, Ontario. She currently resides in Canmore, Alberta with husband (five-time Olympic kayaker) David Ford. Although she has trained at countless ski clubs over the years, she lists Chicopee Ski Club, Kitchener, Ontario as her home club. ==Ski Racing career== Kelly qualified for the Canadian National Ski team in 2000 and stayed with them for 13years. Coming from Kapuskasing, Ontario where she learned to ski on a rope toe at Rémi Ski Club, meant that when she started racing at Chicopee Ski Club (Kitchener, Ontario), it seem like a mountain (even through its vertical was only 61m). In 2002, VanderBeek won both the Super-G and downhill events on the Nor-Am Cup held in Aspen, Colorado. In 2004, she continued to make her mark on the Nor-Am Cup by winning two Super-G races at Big Mountain, Montana. She placed a remarkable 3rd in the Super-G at both the 2002 and 2003 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Tarvisio, Italy and Puy St.Vincent, France, respectively. Kelly competed in numerous Europa Cup events as well. On December 3, 2002, VanderBeek made her FIS World Cup debut at Lake Louise, Alberta. VanderBeek then won the Canadian Junior Athlete of the Year that same year. On December 3, 2006, VanderBeek became the first Canadian woman to reach the podium on home soil, posting a 3rd place finish at the World Cup downhill in Lake Louise.〔http://www.pacificsport.com/content/main/psbc/team/athletebios.asp?athlete=1129 Pacific Sport Bio. Retrieved, January 19, 2010〕 Later, she posted two 2nd place finishes at World Cup events in 2007 and 2008 in Sestriere, Italy and St. Anton, Austria. On January 12, 2013, VanderBeek announced her retirement from competitive sport during a press conference held at her home club of Chicopee Ski Club. The announcement followed by an interview with Scott Russell was aired on CBC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelly VanderBeek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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