Katherina Kubenk
Inducted In
2011
Katherina Kubenk was born in Toronto in 1970 and grew up in Kitchener, attending Eastwood Collegiate.
Kubenk trained for freestyle skiing and competed internationally starting in 1987 at the International Youth Championships in Finland. She was a member of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team from 1988 to 1998.
From 1990 to 1996, Kubenk competed regularly in World Cup international competitions of the Fédération Internationale de Ski, and had top three placings 32 times, including 10 gold medals, earning her World Champion status. She won the FIS World Cup Overall Title in 1993 and 1996, and Kubenk was World Champion in 1993.
As an accomplished Freestyle Skier, Kubenk competed in Moguls and Aerials for Canada at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.
In 2008, Kubenk was appointed as the Technical Director of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association in Vancouver.