Jane Channell
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| Born | August 23, 1988 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Simon Fraser University[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | seejaneslide | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skeleton | |||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 10th (Pyeongchang 2018) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jane Channell (born August 23, 1988 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2011 and was selected to the national team in 2013, joining the Skeleton World Cup squad in 2015.[1] Channell was inspired to try skeleton by Jon Montgomery's gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[2] Before skeleton, Channell played softball and competed in track and field, winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference indoor track titles in 60 metres and 200 metres.[1] Channell was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang[3] after finishing fifth in both the overall and World Cup standings for the 2017–18 season.[4]
Notable results
In the 2015–16 season, Channell had seven top-ten finishes out of the eight races and finished third in the overall ranking,[5] but dropped to 11th overall in the 2016-17 season. Her best individual finish on the World Cup was a silver medal at the 2015–16 race in Park City, a result which she equaled in 2017 at Whistler.[1] Her best result in the IBSF World Championships was in 2015 at Winterberg.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jane Channell (athlete profile)". Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ Clipperton, Joshua (27 January 2016). "Montgomery's Olympic gold helped inspire Canadian skeleton racer Jane Channell". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Canadian bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated for 2018 Olympic Winter Games" (Press release). Canadian Olympic Committee. January 24, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "Standings (2017/2018) (Women's skeleton) (BMW IBSF World Cup)". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "2015–16 Standings: Women's Skeleton". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ Stahlhacke, Angela (13 December 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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