Zoe Gillings-Brier is a British snowboarder who competes in the Snowboard Cross event and is heading to PyeongChang 2018 for her fourth Olympic Games.
Initially a skier, Zoe turned her focus to snowboarding after six years and never looked back. She competed in the the British snowboarding Championships at just 10 years old and at the age of 15, went to the European Youth Olympics in Finland, finishing in an impressive 6th position. After turning pro at 16 years old, Zoe’s major breakthrough came in 2004 (aged 19) when she took her first World Cup podium, finishing 1st at the South American World Cup. Zoe then took silver in the next World Cup competition, leading her to have an overall ranking of World No 1 for the best part of the 2004/05 season. Gillings-Brier also secured the highest British snowsports placing at the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, with an 8th position finish.
Now with seven World Cup podiums and a number of multi-national titles to her name, Zoe is GB’s most successful Snowboard Cross athlete of all time. On her way to her fourth Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Gillings-Brier is hoping to continue her success.
