Full Name: Alessia Thomas-Jackson

Date of Birth: 30th June 1993, 15 years old

Other Interests: Basketball, Football, Trampolining & Gymnastics,
Ice Skating, Animals and Shopping

Inspiration:

I look up to many people, but the people i draw most of my inspiration from are Hermann Maier and Anja Pearson. I like these two people equally, but for two completely different reasons;

Hermann Maier because he had that horrible crash on his motorbike and was told he would have to have his leg amputated, meaning he would have to give up skiing. Yet despite having this obstacle in his way, he came back and is still winning world cup races! I find it outstanding that he had the will to come back from that and is still so good.

Anja Pearson, on the other hand, is my role model because she is an amazing skier, with outstanding technical skills. Her will power and determination to succeed on the slope is inspirational on its own, but i also admire that she has the ability to forget about past races, to ski her own race and win for herself.

For my skiing profile, including all my past race results, click here...

Favourite ski resorts:

• Croatia-Good hot chocolate, and Cheap.
• Pitzdal, Austria- Has good spas, ski runs aren't bad either!
• Alpe D’Heuz, France- Always somewhere to ski and not packed with tourists.
• Hintertux, Austria- First place I went to on snow, on the first run I shot straight down, no fear of speed.
• Seefeld, Austria- Good ice skating, fantastic place to ski with slopes of all difficulties
  
• Les Houches, France- Can ski all disciplines there with no problem!

Thanks To:

All of my family, especially Mum and Dad for Supporting me financially and believing in me

Also to all the coaches I’ve had, past and present–

• Gus and Miki- Team Excel, these people are great, thank you for everything, I miss being trained by you but I wish you all the best!
• Marc Telling- Trained me for the 2 great years I had with The British Ski Academy, you made it worth it!
• Jamie Miles- I named my little brother after you! As a person you inspired me but as my coach you made me want to succeed.
• Toby Fischel- An excellent technical coach
• Stuart Bernard- You made me smile, and taught me how to smile, even when everything was going wrong.
• Willie T.B- My technical coach, haven’t seen you in ages but I wish you all the best. You gave me a love for skiing.
• Sally Bartlett- My mentor, makes me want to win.
• Steve Walton- What a Legend! My freerider buddy. Always takes me away from the stress of racing and makes me have fun, his way… Powder!
• Malcolm Erskine – I came up to his knee, then his hip, then his tummy and now his shoulder, yet never thinks I'm getting any bigger.
• Simon Brown – My current coach! He pushes me to the limits and laughs at me when I fall.
• Gustie- I'm his speed queen. Always pushes me to go faster.
• Tom Laidlaw- The FIS coach at ACRA, I'm looking forward to spending the coming season with you.
• Mike Barker- England team coach, who think's its funny to bring up my height and tiny feet in every conversation.
• Ross Green- A coach at BSA and children’s team. A tough cookie but he made the best come out in me
• Kirk and Mike- My coaches for many years, especially on dry slope. A fantastic double act.
• Phil Brown- Snowclub, a coach and a friend. Fun to laugh at and talk about his height.