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'''Jasmin Taylor''' (born 22 August 1993)<ref name=FIS>{{FIS|s=TM|id=170322}}</ref> is a British telemark skier, who holds the record for the British skier with the most World Cup and World Championships medals. She won medals at the 2015, 2017 and 2023 World Telemarking Championships.
==Career== As a child, Taylor was an alpine skier.<ref name=BBC17>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39479641| title=Jasmin Taylor – Telemark skier who went from a car boot sale to World medals| work=BBC Sport| date=6 April 2017| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref> She started out on a dry ski slope in Ipswich, England.<ref name=Telegraph15>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/interviews/Jasmin-Taylor-interview-Britains-first-telemark-skiing-medallist/| title= Jasmin Taylor interview: Britain's first telemark skiing medallist| work=The Daily Telegraph| url-access=subscription| date=4 March 2015| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref> She took up telemark skiing at the age of 15,<ref name=BBC17/> after being invited to train in Les Houches, France, by the British Ski Academy.<ref name=Telegraph15/> She is now based in Les Houches , France during the winter ski season,<ref name=PS20/> and has trained in Hemel Hempstead, England during the summer season.<ref name=BBC12/>
In 2011, Taylor competed at the World Youth Telemarking World Championships in Norway.<ref name=Telegraph15/> In 2012, she made £2,000 from selling items at a car boot sale, which allowed her to compete at that year's British Championships. She won the event.<ref name=BBC17/> She is now a five time British champion.<ref name=BMC/> In 2013, Taylor won her first Telemarking World Cup medal;<ref name=BBC17/> it was also the first medal for a Briton in the Telemark World Cup.<ref name=Telegraph15/> In 2015, she won her first bronze medal at the World Telemarking Championships;<ref name=BBC17/> it was Britain's first ever medal at the championships.<ref name=BMC>{{cite web| url= https://www.thebmc.co.uk/jasmin-taylor-first-briton-win-world-championship-medal-telemark-skiing| title= Jasmin Taylor, a telemark Eddie the Eagle and our best hope for the winter Olympics?| publisher=British Mountaineering Council| date=9 March 2018| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref> In 2016, she competed in the telemark demonstration event at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.<ref name=BBC17/>
In the 2016–17 season, Taylor won six World Cup medals,<ref name=BBC17/> and finished fourth in the World Cup overall standing.<ref name=EADT>{{cite news| url= https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/telemark-talent-taylor-takes-first-world-cup-wins-2419546| title=Suffolk skier Jasmin Taylor claims her first-ever World Cup wins| work=East Anglian Daily Times| date=1 February 2018| accessdate=22 February 2021}}</ref> She also won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Telemarking Championships.<ref name=BBC17/> In the 2017–18 season, she won her first World Cup event, in Suicide Six, Vermont, US. She also won a World Cup event in Sugarbush, Vermont, US a few days later.<ref name=EADT/> In 2019, Taylor won the telemarking event in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, her fifth career World Cup victory.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.inthesnow.com/fifth-telemark-gold-for-britains-jasmin-taylor/| title= Fifth Telemark World Cup Gold For Britain's Jasmin Taylor| publisher=InTheSnow.com| date=25 January 2019| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>
In January 2020, Taylor overtook Jilly Curry to become the British skier with the most World Cup and World Championships medals, after winning her 30th World Cup medal in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France.<ref name=PS20>{{cite web| url= https://planetski.eu/2020/01/26/jasmin-taylor-breaks-british-record-for-world-cup-ski-medals/| title= Jasmin Taylor Breaks GB Record for World Cup Ski Medals|publisher=Planet Ski| date=26 January 2020| accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref> During the 2020–21 season, Taylor trained in Switzerland, as French ski lifts were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/sports/skiing/chamonix-france.html| title= At French Resorts, Skiing Has Become an Uphill Sport| work=The New York Times| date=25 December 2020| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>
At the 2022 Telemark Skiing World Cup, Taylor came first and second in the two events in Les Houches, France. At the World Cup event in Mürren, Switzerland, she won the parallel sprint competition and came second in the classic and sprint events.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gbsnowsport.com/bankes-brookes-raposo-and-taylor-lead-the-way-as-season-draws-towards-a-close/| title=BANKES, BROOKES, RAPOSO, AND TAYLOR LEAD THE WAY AS SEASON DRAWS TOWARDS A CLOSE| publisher=GB Snowsport| date=12 March 2022| accessdate=16 March 2022}}</ref> She finished in the top three in nine World Cup events,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gbsnowsport.com/six-athlete-world-cup-team-leads-2022-23-british-telemark-squad/| title=SIX ATHLETE WORLD CUP TEAM LEADS 2022/23 BRITISH TELEMARK SQUAD| publisher=GB Snowsport| date=19 December 2022| accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref> including seven consecutive competitions. She finished the season second overall.<ref name=BBC22>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/63504044| title=Jasmin Taylor targets number one ranking in telemark skiing| work=BBC Sport| date=3 November 2022| accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref> At the 2023 World Telemarking Championships, she came second in the parallel sprint event,<ref>[https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=TM&raceid=1460 Women's parallel sprint results]</ref> and third in the classic event.<ref>[https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=TM&raceid=1455 Women's classic results]</ref>
Taylor won the parallel sprint and overall World Cup titles in 2024,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/68637067|title=Jasmin Taylor: Telemark skier achieves double at World Cup finals|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetski.eu/2024/03/22/gbs-most-successful-skier-wins-2-crystal-globes/|title=GB’S MOST SUCCESSFUL SKIER WINS 2 CRYSTAL GLOBES|publisher=Planet Ski|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> finishing the season ranked as world number one after 11 podium finishes including five firsts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c4n1gzgvlg8o|title=World number one Taylor sets new Telemark goals|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Taylor was born in Colchester, England,<ref name=EADT/> and grew up in Ipswich, England.<ref name=BBC12>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/20768982| title= Jasmin Taylor: Telemark skiing 'can be Olympic by 2022'| work=BBC Sport| date=19 December 2012| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref> Aside from skiing, Taylor works as a professional fitness coach,<ref name=BBC17/> and a gym instructor.<ref name=Telegraph15/> She studied sports science at the University of Suffolk.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/nino-severino-something-special-afoot-in-team-gb-telemark-skiing-2483604| title=Nino Severino: There’s something special afoot in this British sports team| work=East Anglian Daily Times| date=15 August 2018| accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Sports links}} * {{FIS|s=TM|id=170322}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Jasmine}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Telemark skiers Category:Sportspeople from Colchester Category:Sportspeople from Ipswich Category:Alumni of the University of Suffolk Category:English female skiers Category:21st-century English sportswomen