Lydia Lassila

Lydia Lassila
OAM
Lassila at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1982-01-17) 17 January 1982 (age 42)[1]
Melbourne, Australia
EducationBachelor's degree
Alma materRMIT University
Occupation(s)Skier & Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker
EmployerBodyICE
AgentOne Management & Consulting
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
SpouseLauri Lassila
Children2
Other interestsSurfing, Skiing, Travel
Websitewww.bodyice.com
Sport
Country Australia
SportFreestyle skiing
Coached byMichel Roth[1]
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Aerials

Lydia Lassila OAM (née Ierodiaconou) (born 17 January 1982) is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist who competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 bronze medalist in aerials.

On 20 October 2010, Lassila was awarded the prestigious 'The Don' award by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame,[2] which recognised her ability to inspire as well as her achievements during 2010, including her gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference full-sochi-bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Lassila wins Don award". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Abc.net.au). 21 October 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

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