Friday, June 18, 2010

Winter Olympics 2010: Amy Williams profile

Published: 9:15AM GMT 20 Feb 2010

Winter Olympics 2010: Amy Williams profile Golden girl: Amy Williams has jumped into the British record books Photo: REUTERS

Born: Cambridge, Sept 29, 1982Lives: Bath. Height: 5ft 8ins. Weight: 9st. Education: Sports Studies at University of Bath. Hobbies: Painting and creative art. Nickname: Curly Wurly. Did you know: She was a county level 400m runner before switching to Skeleton.

2002 - Entered World Push Championships and won silver medal.

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2007 - Seventh in World Championships, St Moritz, Switzerland.

2007/08 - Third in World Cup events at Calgary, Canada and Park City, USA.

2008 - Fifth in World Championships, Altenberg, Germany.

2009 - Silver medal in World Championships, Lake Placid, USA.- World Cup silver at Whistler event.

2010, Feb 18 - Breaks the track record (53.83 seconds) in her opening run in the women"s Skeleton competition at the Whistler Sliding Center.

Feb 19 - Wins Winter Olympic Games gold medal for Great Britain at Whistler Sliding Center.

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