Katya Crema

Crema has been affiliated with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS).^[6] She is coached by Matthew Lyons.^[6] Her scholarship with the AIS started on 1 July 2008.^[3] While at university, she held a High Performance Scholarship for skiing.^[3] Her skiing is sponsored by Rip Curl, POC, Komperdell, and Stoekli.^[3] Crema is a member of the Mount Buller Race Club.^[7] She originally did alpine skiing but switched to ski cross^[5] when she was nineteen years old;^[3] during the 2007/2008 ski season.^[8]

When actively training off the snow, she may do 10 to 12 training sessions a week. When training on the snow, her on snow training sessions may last up to four hours each with up to six sessions a week.^[9] She competed in the 2007 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Flachau, Austria.^[6] She competed in the 2009 Freestyle World Championships held in Inawashiro, Japan.^[6] Crema competed in the 2009 World Junior Alpine Championships held in Fomigal, Spain.^[6] In 2009, she trained with skier Jenny Owens.^[5] In January 2010, she finished in 10th position at the Lake Placid World Cup.^[7]

Crema participated in the 2010 Vancouver Games in the first Olympic women's ski-cross event,^[5] where she finished 15th,^[3] being one of two Australian women to compete in this event.^[5][10] She made her Winter X-Games debut in 2010.^[4] In 2011, she participated in the AUC Snow Sports competition.^[11] She competed in the 2011 Freestyle World Championships in Deer Valley,^[6] where she finished 17th.^[3] In 2011, her best result was first at the Mount Hotham hosted Australian New Zealand Cup.^[2] She competed at the 2012 Les Contamines in France where she finished 7th.^[3]

She competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski cross events where she finished 7th.

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