Jump to content

Kirstie Marshall: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
m clean up, typo(s) fixed: Melbourne based → Melbourne-based, all time → all-time, four month → four-month; Took out stray bracket using AWB
corrected how many children she has
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
 
(42 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Australian skier and politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{MedalTableTop}}
| honorific-prefix =
{{MedalSport | Women’s [[Freestyle skiing]]}}
| name = Kirstie Claire Marshall
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Australia|OAM]] [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|MP]]
{{MedalCompetition| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships]]}}
| image =
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1997|1997 Iizuna Kogen]]|Aerials}}
| alt =
{{MedalBronze| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1995|1995 La Clusaz]]|Aerials}}
| caption =
{{MedalBottom}}
| constituency_AM = [[Electoral district of Forest Hill|Forest Hill]]
| assembly = Victorian Legislative
| majority =
| term_start = [[2002 Victorian state election|30 November 2002]]
| term_end = [[2010 Victorian state election|27 November 2010]]
| predecessor = [[John Richardson (Australian politician)|John Richardson]]
| successor = [[Neil Angus]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1969|4|21}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| restingplace =
| restingplacecoordinates =
| birthname = Kirstie Claire Marshall
| nationality = Australian
| party = [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 2
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Olympic skier
| committees =
| portfolio =
| religion =
| profession =
| website =
}}


'''Kirstie Claire Marshall''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]]<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1044028&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Marshall, Kirstie Claire, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref> (born 21 April 1969) is an Australian [[freestyle skiing#Aerial skiing|aerial skier]] and Victorian state [[politician]].
'''Kirstie Claire Marshall''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]]<ref name="oam">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044028 |title=Marshall, Kirstie Claire, OAM |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=31 October 2013 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609122647/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044028 |url-status=live }}</ref> (born 21 April 1969) is an Australian [[freestyle skiing#Aerial skiing|aerial skier]] and Victorian state [[politician]].


Marshall was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at [[Mount Buller, Victoria]]. During her skiing career Marshall won over 40 [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] medals, including 17 World Cup gold medals. Marshall competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]], and as a medal event at the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]] and [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] games, where she came sixth and fourteenth, respectively.
Marshall was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at [[Mount Buller, Victoria]]. During her skiing career Marshall won over 40 [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] medals, including 17 World Cup gold medals. Marshall competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]], and as a medal event at the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]] and [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] games, where she came sixth and fourteenth, respectively.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/kirstie-marshall-1.html |title=Kirstie Marshall |access-date=24 September 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803064255/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/kirstie-marshall-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


In December 2002, aged 33, Marshall was elected as a Member of Parliament in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Australian Labor Party]].
In December 2002, aged 33, Marshall was elected as a Member of Parliament in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]].


On 26 February 2003, she was ejected from the Lower House chamber for breastfeeding her 11-day-old baby, Charlotte Louise. A section of the Parliamentary rules, namely Standing Order 30, states: "Unless by order of the House, no Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a Committee of the whole House, is sitting." As there is no age limit to ‘strangers in the House’ (non-elected persons), only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times.<ref name="PM1">[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]: [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s793397.htm Victorian MP and baby ejected from House]</ref>
On 26 February 2003, she was ejected from the Lower House chamber for breastfeeding her 11-day-old baby, Charlotte Louise. A section of the Parliamentary rules, namely Standing Order 30, states: "Unless by order of the House, no Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a Committee of the whole House, is sitting." As there is no age limit to 'strangers in the House' (non-elected persons), only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times.<ref name="PM1">[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]: [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s793397.htm Victorian MP and baby ejected from House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311234216/http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s793397.htm |date=11 March 2007 }}</ref>


Subsequently, the Speaker of the House set aside a room in which female MPs can feed their children without violating the Standing Orders.
Subsequently, the Speaker of the House set aside a room in which female MPs can feed their children without violating the Standing Orders.


== Early life & sporting career ==
== Early life and sporting career ==
{{Infobox sportsperson
Marshall was born in Melbourne on 21 April 1969 and grew up in the Melbourn suburb of [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]] with parents, Ron and Anne, older sister, Sascha and younger brother, Carey. She attended Black Rock Primary school (Prep - Yr 6), then Mentone Girls High School (now Mentone Secondary College) before transferring to [[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]] in Yr 9. She moved to Taylors College for year 12.
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}
| birth_name = Kirstie Claire Marshall
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 April 1969}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[freestyle skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1997|1997 Iizuna Kogen]]|Aerials}}
{{MedalBronze| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1995|1995 La Clusaz]]|Aerials}}
}}

Marshall was born in Melbourne on 21 April 1969 and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]] with parents, Ron and Anne, older sister, Sascha and younger brother, Carey. She attended Black Rock Primary school (Prep - Yr 6), then Mentone Girls High School (now Mentone Secondary College) before transferring to [[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]] in Yr 9. She moved to Taylors College for year 12.


Marshall, along with her siblings, started skiing from the age of 4 at the Mount Baw Baw ski resort in Victoria, Australia. In 1981 the family became regular skiers at the Mount Buller ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in Victoria. In 1987 she joined Team Buller, a Freestyle ski team run by Geoff Lipshut, Peter Braun, Eyal Talmore, Tim Skate and David Freedman based on Mount Buller.
Marshall, along with her siblings, started skiing from the age of 4 at the Mount Baw Baw ski resort in Victoria, Australia. In 1981 the family became regular skiers at the Mount Buller ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in Victoria. In 1987 she joined Team Buller, a Freestyle ski team run by Geoff Lipshut, Peter Braun, Eyal Talmore, Tim Skate and David Freedman based on Mount Buller.


The creation of a skier-exchange program for Freestyle Aerialists saw three Japanese skiers spend the 1987 winter in Mount Buller one of whom, Takayo Yokoyama, was nearing the end of his career and was interested in becoming an International coach. With little prospects in his native country, the chance meeting in Australia saw Marshall being offered a four-month scholarship in Inawashiro, Listel Ski Fantasia, the center for Freestyle Skiing in Japan, with Takayo as her coach.
The creation of a skier-exchange program for Freestyle Aerialists saw three Japanese skiers spend the 1987 winter in Mount Buller one of whom, Takayo Yokoyama, was nearing the end of his career and was interested in becoming an International coach. With little prospects in his native country, the chance meeting in Australia saw Marshall being offered a four-month scholarship in Inawashiro, Listel Ski Fantasia, the centre for Freestyle Skiing in Japan, with Takayo as her coach.


Following the 1988 Australian Freeslyle competition where she placed first, Marshall decided to follow the European winter and compete on the four-month [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] Season. Sponsored by a Melbourne-based travel company, she headed overseas as the only Australian representative in either Aerials, Moguls or Ballet (Acrobatics).
Following the 1988 Australian Freestyle competition where she placed first, Marshall decided to follow the European winter and compete on the four-month [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] Season. Sponsored by a Melbourne-based travel company, she headed overseas as the only Australian representative in either Aerials, Moguls or Ballet (Acrobatics).


While not truly competitive with her single back layout and single front tuck, she completed her rookie season finishing in 10th position, at that time the highest placing by an Australian winter athlete, male or female, in any winter sport. In 1990 Marshall won her first World Cup event. In 1992, she was crowned World Champion, with six World Cup victories, and competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]], . She was Australia’s flag bearer at the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics]], where she was placed sixth in the women’s aerial skiing event – the nation’s best Olympic result at the time. She also competed in the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano Winter Olympics]]. Marshall set several world records over the course of her skiing career, including becoming the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump, with a score of 104.37. Her 17th career World Cup gold medal in 1998 tied her for the all-time record for career World Cup aerial victories with Cannadian skier Marie Claude Asselin, who retired in 1984. She has been a board member of the [[Olympic Winter Institute of Australia]] since her retirement from skiing.<ref name="sahof">{{cite web|url=http://www.sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame/member-profile/?memberID=534&memberType=athlete|title=Kirstie Marshall OAM|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>
While not truly competitive with her single back layout and single front tuck, she completed her rookie season finishing in 10th position, at that time one of the highest placing by an Australian winter athlete, male or female, in any winter sport other than Lyn Gross (La Clusaz World Cup Aerials). Malcolm Milne (World Cup Downhill) Steve Lee (World Cup Downhill) [[Zali Steggall]] (World Cup Slalom). In 1990 Marshall won her first World Cup event. In 1992, she was crowned World Champion, with six World Cup victories, and competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]]. She was Australia's flag bearer at the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics]], where she was placed sixth in the women's aerial skiing event – the nation's best Olympic result at the time. She also competed in the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano Winter Olympics]]. Marshall set several world records over the course of her skiing career, including becoming the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump, with a score of 104.37. Her 17th career World Cup gold medal in 1998 tied her for the all-time record for career World Cup aerial victories with Canadian skier Marie Claude Asselin, who retired in 1984. She has been a board member of the [[Olympic Winter Institute of Australia]] since her retirement from skiing.<ref name="sahof">{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/kirstie-marshall/|title=Kirstie Marshall|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref>


Marshall discovered current Australian aerial skier, [[David Morris (Australian Aerial Skier)|David Morris]], while attending a gymnastics display at his local club, which is within her electorate of Forest Hill.
Marshall discovered current Australian aerial skier, [[David Morris (Australian Aerial Skier)|David Morris]], while attending a gymnastics display at his local club, which is within her electorate of Forest Hill.
Line 35: Line 78:
On 3 September 2002, Victorian State Premier [[Steve Bracks]] announced that Marshall had been nominated for preselection as a Labor candidate in the Victorian state seat of Forest Hill. In the election that followed, she won the seat of Forest Hill with a swing of more than 10%.
On 3 September 2002, Victorian State Premier [[Steve Bracks]] announced that Marshall had been nominated for preselection as a Labor candidate in the Victorian state seat of Forest Hill. In the election that followed, she won the seat of Forest Hill with a swing of more than 10%.


On 27 February 2003, twelve days after giving birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte Louise, Marshall attended the first sitting of parliament following the 2002 election. When official proceedings commenced whilst she was still [[breastfeeding]] her newborn, the Speaker of the House ejected Charlotte (and therefore her mother) from the chamber as "only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times". The controversy that followed was headline news<ref name="PM2">[[The Age Newspaper: Charlotte makes a meal of question time]][http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/26/1046064105574.html]</ref> and led to widespread debate in the community regarding the merits of women [[breastfeeding in public]] or at workplaces.<ref name="PM3">[[Parliament of Australia: Representatives]] [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/magazine/ath30_Food.pdf]</ref>
On 27 February 2003, twelve days after giving birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte Louise, Marshall attended the first sitting of parliament following the 2002 election. When official proceedings commenced whilst she was still [[breastfeeding]] her newborn, the Speaker of the House ejected Charlotte (and therefore her mother) from the chamber as "only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times". The controversy that followed was headline news<ref name="PM2">[[The Age Newspaper: Charlotte makes a meal of question time]][http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/26/1046064105574.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030051209/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/26/1046064105574.html |date=30 October 2007 }}</ref> and led to widespread debate in the community regarding the merits of women [[breastfeeding in public]] or at workplaces.<ref name="PM3">[[Parliament of Australia: Representatives]] {{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/magazine/ath30_Food.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-06-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611213117/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/magazine/ath30_Food.pdf |archivedate=11 June 2007}}</ref>


Marshall was re-elected for the seat of Forest Hill in the 2006 state election. She lost her seat in 2010, with local residents citing her choice to live in Richmond rather than the electorate<ref name="PM4">[[The Age]]:[http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-election-2010/sinking-feeling-has-marshall-turning-camera-shy-20101127-18bji.html Sinking feeling has Marshall turning camera shy]</ref> and media reportage of avoiding interviews as key reasons. A statement issued by her office on election day stated "Kirstie will not be doing any interviews today or tonight. She will not be having any (photo) shots done during the day or at her function tonight."<ref name="PM5">[[Herald Sun]]:[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/olympian-kirstie-crashes-in-poll/story-fn6bfm6w-1225962070274 Olympian Kirstie crashes in poll]</ref>
Marshall was re-elected for the seat of Forest Hill in the 2006 state election. She lost her seat in 2010, with local residents citing her choice to live in Richmond rather than the electorate<ref name="PM4">[[The Age]]:[http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-election-2010/sinking-feeling-has-marshall-turning-camera-shy-20101127-18bji.html Sinking feeling has Marshall turning camera shy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130131201/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-election-2010/sinking-feeling-has-marshall-turning-camera-shy-20101127-18bji.html |date=30 November 2010 }}</ref> and media reportage of avoiding interviews as key reasons. A statement issued by her office on election day stated "Kirstie will not be doing any interviews today or tonight. She will not be having any (photo) shots done during the day or at her function tonight."<ref name="PM5">[[Herald Sun]]:[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/olympian-kirstie-crashes-in-poll/story-fn6bfm6w-1225962070274 Olympian Kirstie crashes in poll] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924124520/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/olympian-kirstie-crashes-in-poll/news-story/723efd7206b661f7c05e7d06a29b65e4?nk=1da93536997ecba70fe643b22bc06370-1600951520 |date=24 September 2020 }}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
Marshall received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] in 2000 and a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2003.<ref name="oam"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=972516&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Marshall, Kirstie: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref> She was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name="sahof"/>
Marshall received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] in 2000 and a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2003.<ref name="oam"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/972516 |title=Marshall, Kirstie: Australian Sports Medal |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=31 October 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102113310/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=972516&search_type=quick&showInd=true |url-status=live }}</ref> She was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name="sahof"/>


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{FIS freestyle skier}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|kirstie-marshall}}
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{SAHOF|kirstie-marshall}}
* {{Olympedia}}


{{s-start}}
{{s-start}}
Line 50: Line 100:
{{s-end}}
{{s-end}}


{{Footer World Champions Aerials Women}}
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
{{Authority control}}
| NAME = Marshall, Kirstie Claire

| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian skier and politician
| DATE OF BIRTH = 21 April 1969
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Melbourne
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Kirstie}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Kirstie}}
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian freestyle skiers]]
[[Category:Australian female freestyle skiers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Politicians from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Politicians from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Australian women in politics]]
[[Category:Australian sportsperson-politicians]]
[[Category:Australian sportsperson-politicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal]]
[[Category:Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Skiers from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian women politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Black Rock, Victoria]]
[[Category:People educated at Firbank Girls' Grammar School]]

Latest revision as of 03:00, 5 July 2024

Kirstie Claire Marshall
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Forest Hill
In office
30 November 2002 – 27 November 2010
Preceded byJohn Richardson
Succeeded byNeil Angus
Personal details
Born
Kirstie Claire Marshall

(1969-04-21) 21 April 1969 (age 55)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
Children2
OccupationOlympic skier

Kirstie Claire Marshall, OAM[1] (born 21 April 1969) is an Australian aerial skier and Victorian state politician.

Marshall was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at Mount Buller, Victoria. During her skiing career Marshall won over 40 World Cup medals, including 17 World Cup gold medals. Marshall competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, and as a medal event at the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano games, where she came sixth and fourteenth, respectively.[2]

In December 2002, aged 33, Marshall was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party.

On 26 February 2003, she was ejected from the Lower House chamber for breastfeeding her 11-day-old baby, Charlotte Louise. A section of the Parliamentary rules, namely Standing Order 30, states: "Unless by order of the House, no Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a Committee of the whole House, is sitting." As there is no age limit to 'strangers in the House' (non-elected persons), only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times.[3]

Subsequently, the Speaker of the House set aside a room in which female MPs can feed their children without violating the Standing Orders.

Early life and sporting career

[edit]
Kirstie Marshall
Personal information
Birth nameKirstie Claire Marshall
Born21 April 1969 (1969-04-21) (age 55)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Australien
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Iizuna Kogen Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 1995 La Clusaz Aerials

Marshall was born in Melbourne on 21 April 1969 and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock with parents, Ron and Anne, older sister, Sascha and younger brother, Carey. She attended Black Rock Primary school (Prep - Yr 6), then Mentone Girls High School (now Mentone Secondary College) before transferring to Firbank Girls' Grammar School in Yr 9. She moved to Taylors College for year 12.

Marshall, along with her siblings, started skiing from the age of 4 at the Mount Baw Baw ski resort in Victoria, Australia. In 1981 the family became regular skiers at the Mount Buller ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in Victoria. In 1987 she joined Team Buller, a Freestyle ski team run by Geoff Lipshut, Peter Braun, Eyal Talmore, Tim Skate and David Freedman based on Mount Buller.

The creation of a skier-exchange program for Freestyle Aerialists saw three Japanese skiers spend the 1987 winter in Mount Buller one of whom, Takayo Yokoyama, was nearing the end of his career and was interested in becoming an International coach. With little prospects in his native country, the chance meeting in Australia saw Marshall being offered a four-month scholarship in Inawashiro, Listel Ski Fantasia, the centre for Freestyle Skiing in Japan, with Takayo as her coach.

Following the 1988 Australian Freestyle competition where she placed first, Marshall decided to follow the European winter and compete on the four-month World Cup Season. Sponsored by a Melbourne-based travel company, she headed overseas as the only Australian representative in either Aerials, Moguls or Ballet (Acrobatics).

While not truly competitive with her single back layout and single front tuck, she completed her rookie season finishing in 10th position, at that time one of the highest placing by an Australian winter athlete, male or female, in any winter sport other than Lyn Gross (La Clusaz World Cup Aerials). Malcolm Milne (World Cup Downhill) Steve Lee (World Cup Downhill) Zali Steggall (World Cup Slalom). In 1990 Marshall won her first World Cup event. In 1992, she was crowned World Champion, with six World Cup victories, and competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics. She was Australia's flag bearer at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where she was placed sixth in the women's aerial skiing event – the nation's best Olympic result at the time. She also competed in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. Marshall set several world records over the course of her skiing career, including becoming the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump, with a score of 104.37. Her 17th career World Cup gold medal in 1998 tied her for the all-time record for career World Cup aerial victories with Canadian skier Marie Claude Asselin, who retired in 1984. She has been a board member of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia since her retirement from skiing.[4]

Marshall discovered current Australian aerial skier, David Morris, while attending a gymnastics display at his local club, which is within her electorate of Forest Hill.

Political career

[edit]

On 3 September 2002, Victorian State Premier Steve Bracks announced that Marshall had been nominated for preselection as a Labor candidate in the Victorian state seat of Forest Hill. In the election that followed, she won the seat of Forest Hill with a swing of more than 10%.

On 27 February 2003, twelve days after giving birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte Louise, Marshall attended the first sitting of parliament following the 2002 election. When official proceedings commenced whilst she was still breastfeeding her newborn, the Speaker of the House ejected Charlotte (and therefore her mother) from the chamber as "only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times". The controversy that followed was headline news[5] and led to widespread debate in the community regarding the merits of women breastfeeding in public or at workplaces.[6]

Marshall was re-elected for the seat of Forest Hill in the 2006 state election. She lost her seat in 2010, with local residents citing her choice to live in Richmond rather than the electorate[7] and media reportage of avoiding interviews as key reasons. A statement issued by her office on election day stated "Kirstie will not be doing any interviews today or tonight. She will not be having any (photo) shots done during the day or at her function tonight."[8]

Honours

[edit]

Marshall received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003.[1][9] She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2010.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Marshall, Kirstie Claire, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirstie Marshall". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Victorian MP and baby ejected from House Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Kirstie Marshall". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ The Age Newspaper: Charlotte makes a meal of question time[1] Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Parliament of Australia: Representatives "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ The Age:Sinking feeling has Marshall turning camera shy Archived 30 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Herald Sun:Olympian Kirstie crashes in poll Archived 24 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Marshall, Kirstie: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
[edit]
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Forest Hill
2002–2010
Succeeded by