THE ELLIE SOUTTER FOUNDATION

About Ellie Soutter

Ellie Soutter was one of the most progressive Junior Female Snowboard Athletes of Great Britain. Ellie was a 18 y/o snowboarder riding Freeride and boardercross.

Ellie was a GB Junior SBX athlete and lived in Les Gets in the French Alps where she learnt to snowboard at the age of ten. Ellie trained mostly with her coach Deborah Anthonioz (SBX Olympic vice champion 2010), and competed throughout Europe in boardercross at a national and Europa Cup level. Ellie’s most notable achievements include Freeride Junior World vice champion 2017, European Freeride champion 2016 and Team GB Bronze medalist at the European Youth Olympics 2017 for boardercross.

Ellie competed on the Junior Freeride Tour and the SBX Europa Cup circuit throughout winter and trained in New Zealand in the summer, allowing her to develop her riding as much as possible. Ellie’s future goals were to qualify to the Freeride World Tour and also up her rankings on the World Cup circuit for boardercross eventually hoping to qualifying for Team GB for the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, which was her ultimate ambition.

Ellie was a firm favorite to bring back a GB medal in the 2022 winter olympics. Outside of snowboarding Ellie was most at home participating in outdoor pursuits and would be found mountain biking, hiking and traveling.

The Ellie Soutter Foundation

Since the tragic passing of Ellie on her 18th birthday, 25th July 2018, in her memory, we, her family, have decided to continue fundraising under Ellie’s name for young winter athletes that need financial assistance to achieve their potential and dreams, in much the same way as Ellie had looked for your help.

Ellie Soutter was one of the most progressive Junior Female Snowboard Athletes of Great Britain. Ellie became Vice champion of the world in the Junior Freeride World Tour in 2017. She was winner of a Bronze medal for Team GB at the 2017 European Youth Olympics and was tipped to be one of GBs strongest contenders for the 2022 winter Olympics amongst other numerous podium finishes throughout Europe and the southern hemisphere.

As a junior athlete coming from a family without substantial wealth, Ellie often had to miss out on competing and training through lack of funds. She felt and understood the constant pressure to obtain the necessary funds for her training and events. A full season of required training to maintain this level of competition was in excess of £30,000 annually. At this time, as a Junior GB athlete, there is minimal or no funding for travel or accommodation and athletes have to pay a subscription for coaching.

We have decided to form The Ellie Soutter Foundation in her memory to help and assist other young winter athletes in similar circumstances.

If you would like to check out more info about Ellie’s past achievements (results, photos, etc) see the links below: