Jade Etherington

**Jade Etherington** (an haife ta 9 Maris 1991) tsohuwar 'yar wasan tsalle-tsalle ce ta Biritaniya wacce, tare da jagorarta mai gani Caroline Powell, ta ci azurfa a cikin tseren kankara na mata, hade da slalom, da lambobin tagulla a cikin Super-G a Wasannin Paralympic na lokacin hunturu na 2014 a Sochi. Azurfa uku da tagulla a wasannin nakasassu na lokacin hunturu sun sanya su zama 'yan wasan nakasassu mata na Burtaniya da suka fi samun nasara a kowane lokaci, kuma 'yan Birtaniyya na farko da suka samu lambobin yabo hudu a gasar Paralympics daya. Saboda nasarar da ta samu a wasannin nakasassu na 2014, Etherington ta kasance mai ɗaukar tutar Biritaniya a bikin rufe wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2014.

Etherington tana da hangen nesa cikin kashi biyar kawai a cikin idanu biyu kuma tana gasa a rukunin nakasassu. Saboda rashin lafiyarta tana buƙatar jagora mai gani, Caroline Powell. Ma'auratan sun fafata tare tun watan Agusta 2013. Bayan neman sabon jagora ta hanyar Facebook da kuma bayan wasu masu neman biyu sun ja daga, Etherington da Powell sun haɗu a cikin Afrilu 2013.

## Tarihin sirri
An haife Etherington a Chelmsford a ranar 9 ga Maris 1991, ga Amber, ma'aikaciyar Majalisar gundumar Braintree, da Andrew, dillalan hannun jari. Sun zauna a The Causeway, Maldon, amma lokacin da Jade ya cika shekara bakwai suka ƙaura zuwa Lincolnshire. An haife ta da glaucoma da ciwon Axenfeld, nakasar gani wanda zai iya haifar da makanta. Ta gaji shi daga mahaifiyarta, Amber, wacce ta rasa ganinta tana da shekara 14. Kannenta uku suma suna da matsalar. Duk da cewa an yi mata tiyata da yawa tun tana karama, tun tana shekara 17 ta fara rasa ganinta. Ta bayyana hangen nesanta a matsayin "mai tsananin ɓaci ba tare da mai da hankali ba", kuma tana da rikodin hangen nesa kashi biyar a cikin idanu biyu, wanda ya sanya ta cikin rarrabuwar B2.

Etherington ta yi karatu a Makarantar Deepings da ke Lincolnshire kafin ta yi digiri zuwa Jami'ar Bishop Grosseteste inda aka ba ta digiri a fannin ilimi da yanayin kasa. Etherington ta yi karatu don zama malamin ilimin geography tare da Jami'ar Bude, tana gudanar da PGCE, amma ta ajiye aikinta don mai da hankali kan Wasannin Paralympic na lokacin hunturu na 2014. A cikin 2014, Jami'ar Anglia Ruskin ta ba ta lambar yabo ta digirin digirgir na kimiyya.

## Aikin tsere
Etherington ta fara wasan tsere ne tun tana ɗan shekara takwas, mahaifinta Andrew da ƴan uwanta ne suka koyar da su. Ta ci gaba da wasan motsa jiki na motsa jiki har tsawon shekaru goma masu zuwa. A cikin 2009, ta shiga Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ski ta Biritaniya (BDST) a matakin haɓaka, kuma ta fara tseren duniya a cikin 2011. A shekara ta gaba ta ɗauki fitilar Olympics ta hanyar Lincoln, kuma an ƙarfafa ta don yin gasa a matsayi mafi girma bayan kallon wasannin Olympics na bazara da na nakasassu na 2012 a London.

Etherington a gasar cin kofin Europa da kwamitin wasannin nakasassu na kasa da kasa (IPC) an cimma gasar tseren tsalle-tsalle tare da jagorarta mai gani Fiona Gingell, amma an tilasta Etherington ta nemi sabon jagora a shafinta na Facebook bayan Gingell ta yi aure kuma ta koma Amurka. Bayan da masu neman biyu suka janye, an bar ta ba tare da jagora ba a farkon 2013, amma Heather Mills, wadda ba ta cancanci shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ba, ta ba kocinta, John Clark.

Ma'auratan sun cancanci shiga gasar 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championship a La Molina, wakiltar Burtaniya. A La Molina, Etherington ta zo na hudu a cikin slalom na mata kuma ta zo na uku a cikin super-G na mata, inda ta dauki tagulla. Gudun ya tabbatar da matsayinta a gasar wasannin nakasassu ta lokacin sanyi na 2014 a Sochi. Etherington ta haɗu tare da Caroline Powell a watan Afrilu, wanda ya ba ta damar yin gasa a wannan kakar. Etherington da Powell sun fara wasan tsere tare a watan Agusta 2013.

### Paralympics
Wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2014 shine wasan nakasassu na farko na Etherington, tana fafatawa don ParalympicsGB. Ta yi gasa a cikin tudu, ta lashe lambar azurfa tare da Powell a ranar 8 ga Maris 2014. 'Yar Slovakia Henrieta Farkasova ta zo dakika 2.73. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da wata mata 'yar Burtaniya ta samu lambar yabo ta nakasassu ta lokacin sanyi a kan dusar ƙanƙara, da lambar yabo ta ParalympicsGB ta farko a gasar Paralympics ta 2014. Daga nan Etherington ta lashe lambar tagulla a gasar gudun kan kankara ta mata, da azurfa a cikin slalom da super hade. Bayan lashe lambar azurfa a gasar super-G na nakasassu a ranar 14 ga Maris 2014, ita da Powell sun zama 'yan wasan nakasassu mata na Burtaniya da suka fi samun nasara a lokacin hunturu, kuma 'yan Burtaniya na farko da suka ci lambobin yabo hudu a gasar 'yan wasan nakasassu daya. Duk da haka, sun janye daga giant slalom, wanda ya kasance a ranar bikin rufewar Sochi 2014. Lambobin lambobin yabo guda huɗu da ta ci a wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2014 sun kasance cikin jimillar shida na ParalympicsGB, kashi 66% na jimlar lambobin Birtaniyya a wasannin.

Etherington ita ce mai rike da tuta ga Burtaniya a bikin rufewa, duk da fashewar wani cyst na ovarian, wanda ya bar ta a cikin keken guragu don yawancin ranar bikin; ta iya tafiya da tuta bayan ta sha maganin kashe radadi. Bayan kammala wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2014, ba ta da tabbacin ko za ta ci gaba da fafatawa a matakin kasa da kasa, tana mai cewa "Ban san ainihin abin da nake so ba a yanzu" A cikin Nuwamba 2014, Etherington ta sanar da yin ritaya daga shirin tseren tseren nakasassu, tana da shekaru 23.

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