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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Salmon

Former ski racer Chemmy Alcott: ‘I’m probably more known as someone who broke bones in my career’

‘Fuelled by passion’: Chemmy Alcott (Imbrace/PA) -

As one of Britain’s greatest-ever female skiers, Chemmy Alcott has had her fair share of injuries – some of them very serious.

During her 20-year skiing career, in which she became the eighth ranked skier in the world, the four-time Olympian broke more than 40 bones, including her back, neck, legs and ribs, as well as suffering a multitude of tendon and ligament injuries.

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