Lloyd Wallace

Wallace was a gymnast, before switching to aerial skiing at the age of 14, after a family skiing holiday in Tignes, France. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 FIS Junior freestyle skiing championships.[2][3] He was the first British skier to win a Europa Cup in men's aerial skiing at Airolo, Switzerland in March 2015.[4][5] In August 2017 whilst Wallace was training in Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, he had an accident which left him unconscious. He was then put in an induced coma. Wallace later said that the accident was caused by hitting the edge of a ramp.[6][7] Wallace recovered at the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, and returned to training two months after the accident.[6][2] Wallace competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea where he performed two types of triple twisting triple somersaults. He was the first British aerial skier to compete at the Olympics since Kevin Harbut in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[8] He finished 20th in the event.[9]

Wallace's mother Jilly (née Curry) competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, and won 29 FIS World Cup medals, which is more than any other British skier or snowboarder. Wallace's father Robin competed for Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.[2][7][10] Wallace graduated from the University of Bath in July 2017.[7] He was awarded a Full Blue by the University of Bath in 2017,[11] and was the guest speaker at the 2018 award ceremony.[12]