Queenstown alpine ski racing star Alice Robinson has been crowned the 2024 Snow Sports NZ Overall Athlete at the annual awards.
Robinson, 22 gained five Giant Slalom World Cup podiums and an additional five World Cup Giant Slalom and Super G top 10 finishes, doubling the best results of her career.
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Adam Hall took out the Adaptive Athlete of the Year with another strong season on the Para Alpine Slalom World Cup circuit, including a podium finish in Sapporo, Japan.
Other winners were Freerider Ben Richards who had an exceptional rookie season on the Freeride World Tour, winning the Fieberbrunn Pro stop, coming third overall on the 2024 Freeride World Tour.
Nico Porteous was the Freeski winner after his second place at the 2024 Aspen X Games while the breakthrough athlete was Lake Hāwea’s Luke Harrold who was second at his debut FIS Freeski Halfpipe World Cup and gained gold and bronze medal from the 2024 Gangown Youth Olympic Winter Games.
Robinson’s coaches Nils Coberger and Tim Cafe were joint winners of Coach of the Year after they took over the planning, training and World Cup campaign support for Robertson over the 2023/24 season