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'''Elizabeth "Lizzy" Yarnold''' (born 31 October 1988) is a British [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] racer who joined the national squad in 2010. She won the [[2013–14 Skeleton World Cup]] (only once finishing off the podium the whole season), followed by a gold in the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]].<ref name="fibt_2014_results"/><ref name="bbc_sochi_gold"/> In June 2014 she was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
'''Elizabeth "Lizzy" Yarnold''' (born 31 October 1988) is a British [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] racer who joined the national squad in 2010. She won the [[2013–14 Skeleton World Cup]] (only once finishing off the podium the whole season), followed by a gold in the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]].<ref name="fibt_2014_results"/><ref name="bbc_sochi_gold"/> In June 2014 she was awarded an [[MBE]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]].


==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 06:10, 14 June 2014

Lizzy Yarnold
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Yarnold
Nickname(s)Lizzy
She-ra[1]
The Yarnold
NationalityBritish
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 35)
Sevenoaks, Kent, England[2]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportSkeleton
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsSochi Winter Olympics 2014 - Gold Medal Skeleton
Medal record
Women's Skeleton
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Women
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lake Placid Women
Skeleton World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013–2014 Women

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Yarnold (born 31 October 1988) is a British skeleton racer who joined the national squad in 2010. She won the 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup (only once finishing off the podium the whole season), followed by a gold in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[3][4] In June 2014 she was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Education

Yarnold was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School, an independent school in the village of Otford in Kent,[5] followed by Maidstone Grammar School for Girls in the Kent county town of Maidstone, where she became Head Girl,[6] and the University of Gloucestershire.[7]

Introduction to skeleton

Initially a heptathlete, Yarnold was inspired to take up the sport after watching Denise Lewis at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[4] In 2008 she was introduced to skeleton by UK Sport's Girls4Gold talent search scheme.[8] She initially thought that she would be suitable for a sport involving horses but UK Sport identified skeleton as a good option.[9][8] She began competing in 2010 and won her first official race, in Igls in the Europa Cup, in November 2010, following it up with another win the next day.[1]

The following seasons found Yarnold learning tracks, developing her skeleton-racing skills and achieving the athletic performance required to compete at the highest World Cup level. She was 9th in 2011/12 season[10] and became junior World Champion and a bronze medallist in the senior World Championships in 2012.[1] She has named her sled Mervyn, after a former work colleague of hers, Mervyn Sugden.[10]

Yarnold lives in Bath, Somerset, in a flat owned by ex-skeleton athlete and Olympic gold medallist in the 2010 Winter Olympics, Amy Williams.

2013/14 season

From the first world cup practice run of the Olympic season it was apparent that Yarnold had found a new level of competitiveness, consistently topping timing sheets. She won the opening race in Calgary in controversial circumstances when the US athlete Noelle Pikus-Pace was disqualified for a technical infringement. This set the scene for a season-long duel with Pikus-Pace. Yarnold eventually secured the World Cup Championship at the last race of the season in Königssee[10] and the Olympic gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, ahead of Pikus-Pace by 0.97 seconds.[4] The Olympic performance was remarkable as she had the fastest run of each of the four runs and set new track records on her first and third run. Yarnold's gold was the tenth gold medal ever achieved by British athletes in 90 years of Winter Olympics competition. It also ensured that Great Britain had won a medal in the Women's Skeleton in every Winter Olympics since the event was introduced.

FIBT rankings

Yarnold has ranked on the FIBT rankings since the 2010-11 season.[11]

  • 2010–11 35th
  • 2011–12 9th
  • 2012–13 6th

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lizzy Yarnold". www.britishskeleton.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Lizzy Yarnold". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ "FIBT ranking - skeleton women - Yarnold, Elizabeth". FIBT. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Hope, Nick (14 February 2014). "Lizzy Yarnold wins Sochi 2014 gold for Great Britain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  5. ^ St. Michael's Preparatory School - Lizzy Yarnold. Publisher: St. Michael's School, Otford, Kent. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.
  6. ^ Lizzy Yarnold wins Winter Olympics skeleton gold and urges fans to follow their dreams. Claire Carter. The Daily Telegraph. 14 February 2014. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.
  7. ^ Lizzy Yarnold - Great Britain Skeleton Athlete LizzyArnold.com. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Lizzy's story - Spotlight on Girls4gold graduate Lizzy Yarnold". UK Sport. 13 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Golden girl Yarnold only took up skeleton five years ago". UK Eurosport. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "Sliding for gold: skeleton Athlete Lizzy Yarnold". www.channel4.com. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Skeleton Women FIBT ranking". www.fibt.com. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

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