Britt Cox

Fast Facts

Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Event: Moguls
Olympic History: Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PeyongChang 2018, Beijing 2022
Highlights: 2017 - World Champion, World Cup Moguls Crystal Globe Winner, World Cup Freestyle Overall Crystal Globe Winner
Coaches: Kate Blamey, Peter McNiel
Year Born: 1994
State Born: Victoria

About Britt

Having grown up between Mount Beauty and Falls Creek in country Victoria, Britt Cox was surrounded by a ski-mad family which gave her the perfect start in the sport.

Once she gained the desire to be an Olympian things really started to take off.

"I remember watching Alisa Camplin win gold at the 2002 Olympic Games, that was definitely an ‘ah ha' moment for me," Britt said.

Her first International Ski Federation (FIS) sanctioned event was in 2004 at Mt Buller, 18 years before making her fourth Olympic appearance at Beijing 2022.

She has accumulated a staggering 75 World Cup starts, 16 podium finishes and nine gold medals since her first World Cup event at Deer Valley (USA) in 2010 where she finished 34th.

At the age of 15 Britt became Australia's youngest winter Olympian in 58 years when she made her debut at Vancouver 2010, placing 23rd.

Winning an Australia Sport Hall of Fame scholarship in 2012 was one of the cornerstones which Britt credits to helping propel her to the top of the world.

She rocketed up the placings at her next Olympic Games in Sochi, placing fifth in 2014.

In 2015 Britt became just the second Australian female to win a medal in moguls at the International Ski Federation Freestyle World Ski Championships, after Maria Despas (silver) in 2001 at Whistler-Blackcomb in British Columbia.

She dominated the 2016-17 season with seven World Cup victories, becoming Australia's first female moguls world champion in 2017 and winning the overall FIS Freestyle Skiing Crystal Globe.

Once at the Games Britt came 5th in Pyeongchang, equalling her performance from Sochi 2014 - right behind Jakara Anthony in fourth.

A bad crash in the second day of competition in Thaiwoo, China, at the December 2019 World Cup meant Britt lost consciousness and sustained injuries to her ribs and collarbone. The collarbone required surgery, which forced her out of the remaining events in the 2019-20 World Cup season.

Britt made her return to competition at the opening World Cup event of the 2020-21 season in Ruka, Finland, finishing in 11th place. The highlight of her season was the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she finished 7th.

The start of World Cup competition in January 2022 saw Britt get 13th at Tremblant, Canada, and 12th at Deer Valley a week later.

At Beijing 2022 she was a self-confessed 'mother hen' of the Australian Moguls Team.

Britt's first run was well executed and sent her straight to the first final. While her first final run didn't score high enough to make the final 12, she was still as motivated as ever.

"At the moment, my passion for the sport couldn't be stronger and I just have so much fire in the belly still and love the sport. It's just a matter of how much more my body can keep going."