Daisi Daniels - Ski Racer
Daisi first learned to ski on a family holiday in Alpbach Austria for 1 week at the age of 4. At the end of the week each group had its own race competion and presentation for the children.
Daisi was in the kinder learn to ski group - the instructor wrote on her certificate that she was very fast. She didn't ski again until the following year when we returned to Alpbach for our 1 week family holiday. Daisi was placed in the next group, group 5 and at the end of the week she came 1st in her race winning the gold medal Daisi had only had 2 weeks of skiing before we entered a competition on Real Radio (Century Radio then and now Heart Radio) and the prize was a free lift pass at the new snow centre Chillfactore Manchester.
Daisi was spotted by one of Chillfactore ski race coaches and they spoke to my husband and told him that Daisi should join the ski race club Manchester. So we enquired and came along to the race club session on Tuesday 7th September 2008.
We then joined and made Daisi a member of Chill Factore sometime in October 2008. There Daisi was coached by Gareth, Carl Ryding & Colin Tee. Daisi has raced for the Chill Factore Race Team (Manchester Ski Racing) many times all over Great Britain and abroad since 2010. Daisi has now been sponsored by the Chill Factore since 2011, you can checkout her Blog on the Chillfactore website at www.chillfactore.com/sponsored-athletes-articles/alpine-skiers/daisi-daniels/
Through the winter months of 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 Daisi started to spend time in Austria and France training. From the season 2015/16 Daisi has been training with The British Ski Academy in Les Houches France and now for 2016/17 season the British Ski Academy has moved to Pila, Aosta, Italy for the winter season, ski race training under their ski race coach Natalia Pruska and 2014 Olympic alpine skier Karolina Chrapek of Poland.
Daisi currently attends Beech House School in Rochdale under head Mr Sartain. There she is a member of the Gymnastics Team, Cross Country Team, Athletics Team, rounders Team, Swimming Team and Water Polo Team. Daisi is also a member of Rochdale Swimming Club and is currently under personal trainer Chris Fielding https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisFielding_9