Twickenham’s Chemmy Alcott reckons she is approaching some of the form of her life which could take her to a dream Winter Olympic medal in Vancouver.

The 27-year-old British number one jets off - along with Kingston’s Ed Drake - to Canada this week with the confidence of eight top twenty performances under her belt this season in all disciplines.

It is a strong return considering she has bounced back from a broken ankle suffered a little over 12 months ago in a Austria, and has overcome a number of raceday illnesses this year - most notably in Sweden where she finished 11th in the Giant Slalom.

Alcott will go in the Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super G and the Downhill in which she will look to better her results in Turin four years ago and break into the top ten - or higher.

But her efforts this season should mean her best chance is in the Super G and she believes her time has come.

“It has been the best year for me in terms of results. I’m not sure of the stats, but I think I’ve had more top 20 finishes in a season than I ever have, “ she said.

“I feel like it is all clicking together at the right time for me.

“It depends on what racers other countries enter into which events, but it is looking like I’ll get the best start for Super G and that is probably where I have my best chance.

“I know I can ski really fast and am going into the Olympics with real confidence. If I can ski my best race the result will look after itself and I know I’m good enough to get a strong top ten finish and even a medal.

“There are no certainties in ski racing, but I know at my best I’m good enough. There is a little fine tuning to do but basically I’m feeling better than I have done for a while.”

Vancouver will be Alcott’s third Winter Olympics in a sport that is both notoriously costly and all consuming for Brits, but the former Surbiton High School student insists she wouldn’t have it any way - for now.

“The world and Olympic champion is 35-years-old. Being 27, I’ve easily got another Olympics in me - maybe two - and will continue to race providing I’m enjoying it and can be competitive,” she added.

“I’m not going to carry on if I’m just making up the numbers. I haven’t skied anywhere near as much as the other girls on the circuit and so I’m still improving, still going faster.

“I still love it. When I have days off to rest it is really hard not to go out onto the mountain if it is a good day for skiing.”

Alcott headed across the Atlantic on February 2 and can’t wait to test herself on a course she believes was made with her in mind.

“If I could design a downhill course to suit me it would be the run at Whistler. It is full of turns and has no boring flat parts,” she said.

“The conditions there can be quite temperamental, but they have built contingency days in there so the schedule looks good.

“I think we will be using the ‘hurry-up-and-wait’ approach quite a lot though. As ski racers you spend a lot of time hurrying up to get somewhere only to wait along time to start.”