Kelly VanderBeek

Kelly VanderBeek (born January 21, 1983 in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a retired Canadian alpine skier originally from Kitchener, Ontario. She currently resides in Canmore, Alberta with husband (five-time Olympic kayaker) David Ford. Although she has trained at countless ski clubs over the years, she lists Chicopee Ski Club, Kitchener, Ontario as her home club.

Ski Racing career

Kelly qualified for the Canadian National Ski team in 2000 and stayed with them for 13years. Coming from Kapuskasing, Ontario where she learned to ski on a rope toe at Rémi Ski Club, meant that when she started racing at Chicopee Ski Club (Kitchener, Ontario), it seem like a mountain (even through its vertical was only 61m).

In 2002, VanderBeek won both the Super-G and downhill events on the Nor-Am Cup held in Aspen, Colorado. In 2004, she continued to make her mark on the Nor-Am Cup by winning two Super-G races at Big Mountain, Montana. She placed a remarkable 3rd in the Super-G at both the 2002 and 2003 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Tarvisio, Italy and Puy St.Vincent, France, respectively. Kelly competed in numerous Europa Cup events as well.