Olympian Ashley Caldwell Out for Season
By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
January, 11 2012
PARK CITY, UT (Jan. 10) – Olympian Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, VA), who won her first World Cup aerials event last January in Lake Placid, will sit out the remainder of the 2012 season after knee surgery. Caldwell was injured in a crash at the NorAm Cup aerials event at the Utah Olympic Park in December. She is expected to be back on skis this summer.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ashley Caldwell will miss the 2012 season after knee surgery Jan. 10 in Park City.
- According to U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Kyle Wilkens, the surgery by Dr. Vern Cooley went without complications and she is expected to be back on skis training this summer and should be ready for the 2013 World Championship season.
- Caldwell was tenth in the 2010 Olympic aerials event and named Rookie of the Year that season on the International Ski Federation's World Cup and was ranked third in the world coming into this season.
- Caldwell won her first World Cup a year ago on her home hill in Lake Placid, NY.
- She was recently named as one of three women in Powder Magazine's Top 20 Best Skiers in the World (18 and under).
Ashley Caldwell
2022 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Ashley Caldwell from Ashburn, Virginia, is an exceptional aerial skier. She now resides in Park City, Utah, and has made history as the only female to land "The Daddy," a quadruple-twisting triple backflip. Along with this achievement, she also holds a World Record for the hardest acrobatic trick ever landed by a female.