Extended Start List Skeleton Women Bib Name Nation Ergebnisse/Results 1 O'SHEA, Annie 05. 09. 1988 - Port Jefferson Station 165 cm - 59 kg USA - WCh 2015: 18th Best in Wcup: 1st (Jan 16, Lake Placid) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 13 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 5 Celebrated her first World Cup victory this season MBA student Friends say she has an evil laugh when something is really funny 2 CHANNELL, Jane 23.08.1988 - North Vancouver 168 cm - 65 kg CAN - WCh 2015: 4th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 14 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 3 Occupation: Accounting Former Sports: Track & Field, Softball 3 DEAS, Laura 19. 08. 1988 - Wrexham 169 cm - 65 kg GBR - WCh 2015: 7th ECh 2015: 7th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 5 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 4 Never trained in a gym before started skeleton Former sports: Eventing (equestrian) Played Hockes for North Wales and was Captain of the Wales tetrathlon team at international competitions. 4 HERMANN, Tina 05. 03. 1992 - Köln 170 cm - 60 kg GER - WCh 2015: 5th ECh 2015: 5th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 3 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 1 Federal police trainee Four victories and two times second in seven World Cup races this season Team World Champion
5 LÖLLING, Jacqueline 06.02.1995 - Brachbach 176 cm -65 kg GER - YOG 2012: Gold WCh 2015: Silver Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 2 In Innsbruck, she became the first ever Youth Olympic Champion in skeleton in 2012 Got her ticket to 2015 WCh by winning Junior WCh - and took a surprising silver medal in Winterberg. 6 FLOCK, Janine 25.07.1989 - Hall in Tirol 174 cm - 63 kg AUT OWG 2014: 9th WCh 2015: 6th ECh 2014, 2016: Gold (2015: Silver, 2013: Bronze) Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 15, St. Moritz) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 1 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 6 Best female Austrian Skeleton pilot ever Occupation: Army athlete Education: office clerk Hobbies : Nature, kite surfing, diving 7 GILARDONI, Marina 04.03.1987 - Goldingen 165 cm - 65 kg SUI OWG 2014: 18th WCh 2015: 8th ECh 2016: Bronze Best in WCup: 2nd(Jan 16, Lake Placid) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 8 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 7 Former bobsleigh push athlete: Junior World Champion 2008 and 2010 One of the fastet starters in the field, holds several track records had her first podium finishes in 2015-2016 World Cup 8 GRIEBEL, Sophia 07.06.1990 - Suhl 171 cm - 63 kg GER OWG 2014: 10th WCh 2015: 12th ECh 2015: 11th JWCh 2012: 4th Best in WCup: 4th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 6 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 8 Occupation: Federal Police Trainee Her favourite athlete is former teammate Marion Thees 9 PRIEDULENA, Lelde 20.07.1993 - Sigulda 163 cm - 57 kg LAT - WCh 2015: 13th JWCh 2016: Gold Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 21 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 14 At her very first race, the skeleton sled fippped and went down without her. First ever Latvian skeleton athlete to win Junior World Championships Gold in 2016
10 VATHJE, Elisabeth 17.03.1994 - Calgary 176 cm - 69 kg CAN - WCh 2015: Bronze JWCh 2014: Silver Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 10 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 9 Her grandparents live in the Netherlands, she occasionally spents a few days there. 3 silver and a gold in her World Cup rookie season 2014/2015 11 MEYLEMANS, Kim 07.03.1996 - Amberg BEL WCh 2015: 19th ECh: Overall World Cup 2014/2015:- Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 10 Born in Germany, Belgian parents started for GER until 14-15 season Three Top-Ten finishes in her rookie World Cup season 12 WESENBERG, Kendall 23. 08. 1990 - Castro Valley USA - WCh: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 11 World Cup and World Championships rookie this season. Former sports: soccer 13 NIKITINA, Elena 02.11.1992 - Moskow 167 cm - 55 kg RUS OWG 2014: Bronze JWCh 2013: Gold ECh 2013: Gold Best in WCup: 1st (Jan13, Igls) Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 17 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 17 Former sports: soccer
14 CREIGHTON, Donna 20.09.1985 177 cm - 66 kg GBR WCh: ECh 2011: 6th Overall Wcup 2010/2011: 6th Best in WCup: 4th Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 12 Sports Massage Therapist Former SPorts: Hepathlon She is quarter Jamaican 15 UHLAENDER, Katie 17.07.1984 - Breckenridge 174 cm - 64 kg USA OWG 2014: 4th WCh 2012: Gold Overall Wcup 2006/2007, 2007/2008: 1st In memory of her father, Major League Baseball outfielder and coach Ted Uhlaender, she wears his National League Championship ring on a necklace. Also participated in track cycling and weightlifting competitions. 2012 Olympic trials were just the third meet of her weightlifting career, but she did not make the team. 16 KANAKINA, Yulia 11.12.1995 - Krasnoyarsk RUS - WCh 2015: 22th JWCh 2016: 4th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 26 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 19 Former sports: ballet 17 PREDIGER, Lanette 29.08.1979 - Calgary 162 cm - 70kg CAN - WCh: - Best in WCup: 4th (Jan 15, St. Moritz) Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 9 Occupation: Emergency Room Physician started skeleton for relaxing, World Cup rookie aged 35 in the 2014/2015 season without World Cup start in 2015/2016 winter
18 LE CONTE, Joska 29.09.1987 - Zeist 172 cm - 70 kg NED - WCh 2015: 15th JWCh 2010: 5th ECh 2012: 5th Best in WCup: 7th (Jan15, Königssee) Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 11 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 13 Works for the Dutch Motorbike Federation Former sports: pole vault 19 OGUCHI, Takako 08.08.1984 - Wajima 161 cm - 60 kg JPN - WCh 2015: 24th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 15 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 24 Married in summer 2015, maiden name Omukai Loves her mothers special Miso soup trains with Austrian head coach Michael Grünberger 20 NARRACOTT, Jaclyn 05.11. 1990 - Brisbane 167 cm - 62 kg AUS WCh 2015: 16th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 23 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 16 Her uncle Paul Narracott competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (100 and 200 m) and entered the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, as a brakeman for pilot Glenn Turner 21 BOS, Kimberly 07.10.1993 170 cm - 70 kg NED - YOG 2012: Bronze (Bobsleigh pilot!) JWCh 2016: Silver At the 2012 Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, she won Bronze - as bobsleigh pilot! student
22 MAIR, Carina 07.01.1996 - Innsbruck 167 cm - 58 kg AUT YOG 2012: Silver WCh: Best in WCup: 9th (Jan 15, St. Moritz) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 16 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 18 Student Youngest athlete in the World Championships field, just turned 20 Won silver at the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck 23 SHLAPAK, Anastasia 06.06.1995 - Krasnoyarsk RUS WCh: ECh: Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 23 Former sports: Track & Field Favourite athlete: German bobsledder Nico Walther Loves Pasta, Stephen-King-Books and driving cars 24 TANNENBAUM, Katie 13.05.1985 164 cm - 58 kg ISV WCh 2015: 25th Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 22 Instuctor of Mathematics at the University of the Virgin Islands, 2014/2015 was her first season in World Cup Loves Rock'n'Roll and Avocados 25 MONTEJANO, Maria 18.07.1986 - Asturias 165 cm - 56 kg ESP - WCh 2015: 23rd Personal Coach, fomer sprinter loves Sushi and Rock Music
26 ORLOWSKA, Marta 03.04.1993 - Ustryzky Dolne 170 cm - 57 kg POL WCh 2015: 28th JWCh 2015: 11th ECh: Student track athlete: 800m; started only in Euroe Cup (best: 6th, St. Moritz 2016) Redaktionsbüro Wolfgang Harder (RWH) Danziger Weg 18 D 88131 Lindau am Bodensee Tel.: (+49) 173-60 733 52 email: wolfgang.harder@t-online.de IBSF International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation Maison du Sport - Avenue de Rhodanie 54 CH-1007 Lausanne Branch office: Salzburger Strasse 678 AUT - 5084 Grossgmain Tel: +43 6247 20232 10 Mail : office@ibsf.org