Nicole Silveira

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Nicole Silveira
2020-02-26 Training Women's Skeleton (Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships Altenberg 2020) by Sandro Halank-098.jpg
Silveira in 2020
Personal information
Full nameNicole Rocha Silveira
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 (age 31)
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spouse
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(m. 2025)​
Sport
CountryBrazil
Sport Skeleton
Medal record
Women's skeleton
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Skeleton World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 PyeongChang Women
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 St. MoritzWomen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2026 St. Moritz Women
IBSF Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Lake Placid Women

Nicole Rocha Silveira (born 7 May 1994) is a Brazilian skeleton racer and former bobsledder who competes on the Skeleton World Cup.

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Silveira represents Brazil at Winter Olympics.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Silveira achieved the best result ever recorded by a Brazilian athlete in sliding sports on the Winter Olympic Games history, placing 11th overall.

Career

Silveira made her Skeleton World Championships debut in the 2019 edition in Whistler, finishing in 25th place. In the following edition in Altenberg, she finished in 24th place. She made her Skeleton World Cup debut in the 2020–21 season, where she only competed in 5 of the 8 scheduled races and finished 22nd overall. In the 2021 World Championships, Silveira finished in 17th.

Silveira started the 2021–22 season with three victories at the North American Cup in Whistler, won another race of the Intercontinental Cup also in Whistler, and won two more races of the North American Cup in Park City. After that great start, she went on to the World Cup, competing in the last six of the eight scheduled events and finishing 19th overall. In this season, she obtained her best World Cup result until then, a 9th place in Altenberg. In the following World Cup, Silveira competed in all races, starting the season with an 8th place in Whistler and finishing 11th overall. In the 2023 World Championships, she had her best result, finishing 16th. In the 2023–24 Skeleton World Cup, Silveira had her best World Cup result, a 7th place in Igls.

Silveira also competed in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, where she placed 18th in the standings.

Representing Brazil at the 2022 Winter Olympics, she finished in 13th place after four runs. It was Brazil's best result in a Winter Olympics in sliding sports, and the second best result for the South American nation comprising all events. [1]

Silveira at the 2022 Winter Olympics Nicole Silveira estreia no skeleton nos Jogos Olimpicos de Inverno.jpg
Silveira at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Silveira’s best career results were winning the bronze medal at two of the World Cup stages of the 2024–25 season [2] , and another bronze medal at one of the World Cup stages of the 2025–26 season.

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Silveira in 2025

On 6 February 2026, Silveira, participated in the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics as the bearer of the flag of Brazil alongside Lucas Pinheiro Braathen. [3] [4] [5]

On 13 and 14 February 2026, Silveira competed in the skeleton competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, finishing 11th overall. With this result, she once again recorded the best performance by a Brazilian athlete in a sliding sport at the Winter Olympic Games, improving her results from the 2022 games.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). [6]

Season12345678PointsPlace
2020–21 SIG 1
18		 SIG 2
18		 IGL 1
18		 IGL 2
18		 WIN
DNP		 STM
DNP		 KON
20		 IGL 3
DNP		38822nd
2021–22 IGL 1
DNP		 IGL 2
DNP		 ALT 1
14		 WIN 1
16		 ALT 2
9		 SIG
24		 WIN 2
18		 STM
18		56519th
2022–23 WHI
8		 PAC
10		 LPL
12		 WIN
14		 ALT 1
10		 ALT 2
16		 IGL
16		 SIG
12		100811th
2023–24 YAN
11		 LAP
16		 IGL
7		 STM
12		 LIL
10		 SIG
26		 ALT
24		 LAK
18		83314th
2024–25 PYE 1
3		 PYE 2
6		 YAN
DNP		 ALT
7		 SIG
14		 WIN
8		 STM
3		 LIL
6		11926th

DNP – did not participate

Personal life

Silveira also practiced artistic gymnastics, football, volleyball, bodybuilding and weightlifting in her teenage years.

Silveira holds a nursing degree and works as a nurse at the Alberta Children's Hospital, Canada during skeleton off-season. She has been on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

Silveira, who is openly bisexual, [8] is married to a fellow skeleton racer Kim Meylemans. [1] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "These 2 out Olympians are dating, and getting ready to compete against one another in Beijing". Outsports. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Nicole Silveira é bronze, e Brasil leva 1ª medalha em Copa do Mundo de esportes de inverno". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 November 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "All Flagbearers Named for Milano Cortina 2026 Opening Ceremony". Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Milano Cortina 2026, Moncler returns to the Winter Olympics with Team Brazil". nss sports. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Holmes, Jon. "1 out LGBTQ Olympian to carry flag at Winter Olympics opening". OutSports. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  6. ↑ IBSF website
  7. ↑ "Quem é Nicole Silveira, enfermeira e melhor atleta brasileira no skeleton". UOL Esportes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record". Outsports. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Silveira e Meylemans, perceria dentro e fora do skeleton". Olympics (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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