Shauna Rohbock

Shauna Rohbock
SSG Rohbock in 2017
Born	Shauna Linn Rohbock [1] (1977-04-04) April 4, 1977 (age 48) Provo, Utah, U.S. [2]
Education	Brigham Young University (BS, 1999)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [3]
Spouse	Valerie Fleming
Children	2
Bobsleigh career
Weight	150 lb (68 kg) [3]
Country	United States
Position	Driver
Events	Two-woman mixed team
Career start	1999
Retired	2011
Medal record Bobsleigh Representing the   United States Olympic Games 2006 Turin Two-woman World Championships 2009 Lake Placid Two-woman 2011 Königssee Two-woman 2005 Calgary Two-woman 2007 St. Moritz Two-woman 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team
Soccer career Position(s) Forward Youth career 0000–1995 Mountain View Bruins College career Years Team Apps (Gls) 1995–1998 BYU Cougars 90 (94) Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2002–2003 San Diego Spirit 16 (2) International career 1998 United States 1 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	2000–present
Rank	Staff sergeant
Unit	Utah Army National Guard U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program

Shauna Linn Rohbock (born April 4, 1977) is a retired Olympic medal-winning bobsledder, former professional soccer player, and is a staff sergeant in the Utah Army National Guard. ^[4] After retiring from competitions she worked as a bobsled coach at the Utah Olympic Park. ^[3]

Early life

Rohbock was raised in Orem, Utah, ^{[5] [6]} and is a graduate of Orem's Mountain View High School and Brigham Young University, where she studied recreation management. ^[4] She graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Science in 1999. ^[7] She is the middle child among seven siblings, and has five sisters and one brother. ^[3] Rohbock is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ^[8]

While attending college, she set several BYU Cougars women's soccer records, scoring 95 goals in 368 shots during her 90-game career there. Her 95 goals places her sixth (as of 2006) on the NCAA career scoring list. ^[9]

Rohbock was also an All-American combined events athlete for the BYU Cougars track and field team, placing 8th in the women's heptathlon at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. ^[10]

In 2000 she joined the Utah Army National Guard and became a member of the National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program. ^[3]

Soccer career

At the professional level, she played for the San Diego Spirit of the Women's United Soccer Association in 2003. ^[11]

Bobsleigh career

Rohbock competed in the bobsled at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning silver in the two-woman event with teammate Valerie Fleming. Rohbock's best overall finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second in 2006–2007 with Fleming. She won her first career World Cup win at the Calgary race, followed by a second win at the World Cup held at Park City, Utah on December 8, 2006. She delivered a 48.73 second run that shattered the Park City track record previously set by Jill Bakken in 2002. Rohbock and Fleming has also won bronze medals at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007. Rohbock has competed in bobsled since 1999. At the 2009 world championships in Lake Placid, New York, she won a silver medal in the two-woman event with Elana Meyers, then won a bronze in the mixed team event.

Rohbock was named to the US Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Olympics on January 16, 2010, where she finished sixth in the two-woman event. ^[2]

She coached the Brazilian men's bobsled team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, a role she combined with a position as part of the coaching team for the United States squad. ^[12]

In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Rohbock to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. ^[13]

Career highlights

Olympic Winter Games

2006 – Torino, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

World Championships

2005 – Calgary, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2007 – St. Moritz, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2009 – Lake Placid, 2nd with Elana Meyers

World Cup

2004/2005 – Altenberg, 3rd with Erin Pac

2004/2005 – Igls, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2004/2005 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2005/2006 – Calgary, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2005/2006 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2006 – Igls, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2006 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Calgary, 1st with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Park City, 1st with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Igls, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Winterberg, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2006/2007 – Königssee, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2007/2008 – Park City, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2007/2008 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2007/2008 – Winterberg, 3rd with Valerie Fleming

2008/2009 – Altenberg, 3rd with Elana Meyers

2008/2009 – Igls, 2nd with Valerie Fleming

2008/2009 – Königssee, 1st with Valerie Fleming

2008/2009 – Whistler, 1st with Elana Meyers

Personal life

Rohbock is no longer married to former spouse Valerie Fleming and has two children. ^[14]

References

1. "Congratulatory Letter – To: Shauna Linn Rohbock – From: POTUS/FLOTUS". RE015 (Olympics), File 690174 [5]. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. March 27, 2006. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022– via National Archives and Records Administration.
2. Shauna Rohbock. sports-reference.com
3. Shauna Rohbock.teamusa.org
4. National Guard Soldier Takes Olympic Silver Medal Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , a February 2006 press release from the American Forces Information Service
5. "Shauna Rohbock - Athlete - 2010 Vancouver Olympics". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
6. Feb. 21, | Posted-; A.m, 2006 at 8:11. "Orem's Shauna Rohbock Close to Gold". www.ksl.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
7. McIlvain, Ryan B. (2006). "Sliding into Silver". Y Magazine . Brigham Young University . Retrieved July 20, 2022.
8. Hong, Erin (August 6, 2012) After the Games, 5 Mormon Olympians worked at BYU; what are the other 41 doing?. Deseret News
9. BYU Women's Soccer Records, from the official BYU Athletics website
10. "Heptathlon at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
11. Athlete details Archived August 12, 2007, at archive.today from the website of the Organising Committee of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
12. Lopes, Marina (February 22, 2018). "Brazil's underdog bobsled team, the Frozen Bananas, is basically a real-life 'Cool Runnings'". WashingtonPost.com . Retrieved March 10, 2018.
13. "US President Trump appoints Shauna Rohbock and Herschel Walker to Sports Council". ibsf.org. May 8, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
14. Preece, Brian E. (October 18, 2019). "Shauna Rohbock is inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame". Daily Herald . Retrieved July 20, 2022.

External links

• 16 January 2010 US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic women's bobsled team. – accessed January 18, 2010.
• Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002
• Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 5, 2011)
• Shauna Rohbock at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
• WUSA player profile
• BYU soccer profile
• BYU track and field profile
• WCAP profile
• Health.gov profile