 Villani at the 2021 IBSF World Championships Bobsleigh and Skeleton | |
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| Born | 19 September 1996 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
Sara Villani (born 19 September 1996) is a Canadian bobsledder. [1] [2]
| Villani at the 2021 IBSF World Championships Bobsleigh and Skeleton | |
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| Born | 19 September 1996 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
Sara Villani (born 19 September 1996) is a Canadian bobsledder. [1] [2]
Villani began her athletic career as a heptathlete, but in 2018 she was identified at the TBC Training Ground as a potential brakewoman in bobsleigh. [2] Villani made her IBSF World Cup debut in January 2021, finishing in a career-best fourth with Christine de Bruin. [2] [3] At the IBSF World Championships 2021, Villani finished in 16th place with Christine de Bruin in the two-woman event.
In January 2022, Villani was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [4] [5] [6]
Samuel Giguère is a Canadian football wide receiver and bobsledder. He was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats eighth overall in the 2008 CFL Draft and signed by the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played CIS football at Sherbrooke. He has also been a member of the New York Giants (NFL) and Montreal Alouettes (CFL) and participated for the Canadian National Bobsleigh team as a brakeman.
Christopher Spring is an Australian-Canadian 4 x Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for Australia in the two-man event. He switched allegiance to Canada later in 2010 and has since competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics for Canada.
Cody Sorensen is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. He is a 4-time World Cup medallist, including third place in the four-man event at Park City and Lake Placid in December 2010. As a member of team Spring, Sorensen was ranked 2nd in the World in 4-man bobsleigh in the 2013/2014 season. Cody was named the 2010 Ontario male athlete of the year. In 2022, at 35 years of age, Cody made an unprecedented return to the Olympics after 8 years of retirement and finished 9th in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Cody currently leads the mergers and acquisitions division at Welch Capital Partners in Ottawa, Canada.
Benjamin Coakwell is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder. He is a former Canadian football running back, who played CIS football with the Saskatchewan Huskies.
Jane Channell 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. Channell was inspired to try skeleton by Jon Montgomery's gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 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. Channell was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after finishing fifth in both the overall and World Cup standings for the 2017–18 season.
Melissa Lotholz is a Canadian bobsledder.
Mirela "Mimi" Rahneva is a Canadian skeleton racer. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1997; her father, Stoyan, was a competitive gymnast, and her mother was an elite sprinter. After playing rugby in high school and at the University of Guelph, she began competing in skeleton in 2012 and was selected to the Canadian national team in 2016. She is coached by Quin Sekulich and rides a Bromley sled. She was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after earning eighth on the World Cup season standings for 2017–18.
Christine de Bruin is a Canadian bobsledder. She competed in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Melissa Lotholz. She won bronze in the women's event and a silver medal in the team relay at the 2019 Bobsled World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia.
Cameron Stones is a Canadian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Kristen Bujnowski is a Canadian bobsledder.
Ryan Sommer is a Canadian bobsledder.
Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Canada has competed in all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics.
Cynthia Appiah is a Canadian bobsledder who has been competing in the sport since 2014. Appiah made her World Cup debut in 2016. In 2018, she shifted to the pilot position and later made her World Cup debut as a bobsleigh pilot in the 2019/2020 season. At the IBSF World Championships 2021 in Altenberg, Germany, Appiah placed fifth and ninth in monobob and two-woman bobsleigh, respectively.
The women's monobob competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February and 14 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. This was the inaugural monobob competition at the Olympics. Kaillie Humphries of the United States won the event. She was the 2018 two-woman bobsleigh champion, but at that time she represented Canada. Elana Meyers Taylor, also of the United States, won the silver medal, and Christine de Bruin of Canada bronze, her first Olympic medal.
Blake Enzie is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2019.
Taylor Austin is a Canadian bobsledder who competes in the two-man and four-man events as a driver.
Chris Patrician is a Canadian bobsledder who competes in the two-man, and four-man events as Breakman and Rightside.
Daniel Sunderland is a Canadian bobsledder who competes in the two-man and four-man events as a driver.
Mike Evelyn is a Canadian bobsledder who competes in the two-man and four-man events as a brakeman.
Dawn Richardson Wilson is a Canadian bobsledder. Richardson Wilson was born in Accra, Ghana; she currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As a bobsledder, Richardson Wilson has been in both the pilot and brakewoman positions. She has been involved in a variety of sports, such as rugby, track and field, and ultimate frisbee, but has gained a recent interest in bobsledding. She made her international debut in 2018, with team member Kori Hol as the pilot, on the North American Cup circuit. A year later, in December 2019, Richardson Wilson got into her first World Cup race, finishing fifth place with Christine de Bruin. She became a fulltime World Cup brakewoman in 2020-21, despite the Canadian team only being able to compete in the second half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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