Biography
Alice achieved outstanding results in her first year of FIS racing, at the age of 15 achieving podium results at FIS National Championship and ANC races. She was selected to represent NZ at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang and at 16 years old was the youngest member of the team.
Qualifying for the PyeongChang Games was always going to be a long shot for the 16-year-old ski racer. The qualifying period for the Games began on 1 July 2016 but it was not until a year later that Alice would be old enough to get a FIS licence and compete in the qualifying events. She had less than seven months to make a case for selection.
With six months in hand, Alice set about proving that she could satisfy the tough nomination and selection criteria by achieving podium finishes at her very first FIS races with a win and a third-place finish.
The following month she claimed the women’s national Giant Slalom and Slalom titles at Coronet Peak in Queenstown and finished third in Giant Slalom at the Australia New Zealand Cup in Thredbo Australia. At the start of the northern hemisphere season she won a North America Cup Giant Slalom race in Panorama, Canada.
The progress Alice made within her first seven months of FIS racing is almost unprecedented in the world of alpine ski racing and highlighted her as one to watch over the next few years.
Alice again stunned the ski racing world during the 2018-19 northern hemisphere season, claiming NZ's first World Cup medal in 17 years. She finished in the silver medal position just 0.30s behind world number one Mikaela Shiffrin at the World Cup Finals Giant Slalom in Andorra.
Alice started her 2019/20 season on a high, winning the FIS Alpine World Cup Giant Slalom in Sölden, Austria. She is the youngest person ever to win a World Cup at this venue. This was NZ's first World Cup win since Claudia Riegler in 1997.
In February 2020 she then won her second World Cup, at Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. In the FIS points list she moved into the world number one ranking, held jointly with Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), Petra Vlhona (SVK) and Federica Brignone (ITA).
In February 2020 she won the Sky Sport NZ Emerging Talent Award at the 57th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards. She was named Otago Junior Sportswoman of the Year in May 2020.
Alice continued her success through the 2020/21 season, finishing in second place at the FIS World Cup Giant Slalom in Jasna, Slovakia, and taking the win at the final World Cup Giant Slalom of the season in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. She finished 4th in the Giant Slalom World Championships, equalling New Zealand's best ever Alpine World Championships result.
Alice competed in her first Downhill races in January 2022, placing 2nd in both the Downhill European Cups in France. She represented New Zealand at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, where she competed in Giant Slalom, Super G and Downhill.
Alice had a hugely successful 2024 season, finishing in second place at three Giant Slalom World Cup races (Kronplatz, Soldeu & Killington) and securing a third place finish in Jasna.
In 2025 she finished in second place at the World Championships, becoming the first Kiwi ski racer to ever bring home a World Championships medal. In 2025 she also finished on the podium at every GS World Cup race she finished, bringing her career World Cup medal total to an incredible 17 medals, including 4 golds.
In the 2026 season, she won gold in Super G in St Moritz, and silver in Val D’Isere before moving onto the Milano Cortino Winter Olympic Games.
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