Discipline: Alpine
Olympic Participation: Salt Lake City 2002
Medal awarded in: 2022

Having experienced the thrill of ski racing since the age of 9, Alice Chilcott became a committed athlete who would often spend up to 9 months away from home in order to train and compete overseas.

Her dedication to the sport allowed her to make her international debut in 1994 and race in an impressive 46 European Cups, competing in the speed and technical disciplines. Her results granted her selection onto the Australian Team for the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately she suffered a major injury in the lead-up to the Games and could not compete in Japan. 

Chilcott had to wait until 2002 before she could make her Olympic debut in Salt Lake City. In between she had two knee reconstruction and 13 World Cup starts, achieving a career-best World Cup result by placing 15th in a combined event at Saalbach (Austria) just before the 2002 Games. 

Her good form continued in Salt Lake, where she competed in downhill, super-G and Alpine Combined. The latter proved to be her favourite discipline as she finished 12th in the Olympic event, still one of Australia’s best results in alpine skiing at the Olympics, before retiring from competitive skiing.

Chilcott remained actively involved in the snow sports world. Along with being a highly regarded FIS Alpine Technical Delegate, she provides training and mentoring to the Thredbo Ski Racing Club volunteers and officials at all levels.

She also served as a committee member for the Future Winter Olympians Scholarship Program alongside fellow Snow Australia Medal recipient and Jindabyne local Manuela Berchtold. 

As of March 2022 she is also sitting on the Snow Australia National Alpine Committee.