1. Julia Murray was born on December 23,1988 and is a Canadian retired freestyle skier and resides in Whistler, British Columbia.
15 Facts About Julia Murray
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Julia Murray was a FIS World Championships silver medalist in 2011.
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Julia Murray competed in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games for the debut of Ski Cross and came 12th with an injured knee.
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Julia Murray's parents were both members of Canadian national ski teams.
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Julia Murray's father was Dave Murray one of the original Crazy Canucks who were famous on the downhill ski circuit in the 70s and 80s.
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Julia Murray's mother was Stephanie Sloan a three time world champion in freestyle skiing.
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When Julia Murray was 22 months old, her father died from skin cancer.
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Julia Murray started her own superfood cereal business, Jules Fuel Whistler Superfood, and is studying to become a Holistic Nutritionist.
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Julia Murray started the Ski with An Olympian program with Whistler Blackcomb.
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In 2018, Julia Murray married fellow Canadian freestyle skier Davey Barr.
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Julia Murray was a member of the Canadian Olympic team that took place in Vancouver near her hometown of Whistler.
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One week before Winter X Games XIV Julia Murray suffered a grade 1 tear of her medial collateral ligament and a tear of her medial meniscus during training.
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On Tuesday February 2,2010 Julia Murray underwent arthroscopic surgery and stated that she believed that she will recover in time to race in the ski cross events at the Olympics.
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Julia Murray did achieve success in spite of this when she won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, finishing second behind teammate Serwa.
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Julia Murray took the time off to properly recuperate and spend some time on her education, she was worried that she had rushed back to early on the last injury, thus she wanted to be one hundred percent sure she was ready when she returned from her second injury.