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Zak Carrick-Smith shortlisted for International Award

Alpine star of Youth Olympic Games among five athletes on Piotr Nurowski Prize shortlist

Gangwon Youth Olympic Winter Games double gold medallist, Zak Carrick-Smith, has been named on a five-person shortlist for the Winter Edition Piotr Nurowski Best Young European Athlete Prize by the European Olympic Committees.

Zak, who made British history by taking the country’s first ever Alpine medals at an Olympic event in Gangwon, becomes the fourth British athlete shortlisted in the winter prize’s history after Madi Rowlands (2016), Kirsty Muir (2021), and Mia Brookes (2023).

The prize, which is awarded annually to an athlete aged 14-18 by the European Olympic Committees, celebrates the efforts of athletes who have both excelled in their sport and embodied Olympic Values inside and outside of competition, with the winner due to be announced at the European Olympic Committees’ General Assembly meeting on 6 June.

Zak is joined on the shortlist by Stephan Embacher (Austria, Ski Jumping), Antonin Guy (France, Biathlon), Minja Korhonen (Finland, Nordic Combined), and Julia Tannheimer (Germany, Biathlon).

Everyone at GB Snowsport would like to congratulate Zak for his efforts in achieving recognition from the EOC.