Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's
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The women's skeleton
at the 2002 Winter Olympics
took place on 20 February, at the Utah Olympic Park
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Skeleton (sport)
Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
took place on 20 February, at the Utah Olympic Park
Utah Olympic Park
The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located east of Salt Lake City near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games the park hosted the bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jumping, and nordic combined events. It still serves a training...
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Results
Rank | |Run 1 | |Total | Tristan Gale Tristan Gale Tristan Gale is an American skeleton racer who competed from 2001 to 2006. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she became the inaugural women's skeleton champion. Gale dyed her hair with streaks of red, white and blue for the 2002 Olympics. During the 2002-2003 season, Tristan won a second gold medal on... | 52.26 | 52.85 | 1:45.11 | — | |
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Lea Ann Parsley Lea Ann Parsley Lea Ann Parsley is a retired American skeleton racer from Granville, Ohio. She was the first female skeleton athlete to win a world cup medal for the United States and earned a silver medal in the women's skeleton event, a first in Olympic history, during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games... |
52.27 | 52.94 | 1:45.21 | +0.10 | ||||
Alex Coomber Alex Coomber Alexandra "Alex" Coomber is a British skeleton racer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s... |
52.48 | 52.89 | 1:45.37 | +0.26 | ||||
4 | Diana Sartor | 52.55 | 52.98 | 1:45.53 | +0.42 | |||
5 | Maya Pedersen Maya Pedersen-Bieri Maya Pedersen-Bieri is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1995. She won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.... |
52.92 | 52.63 | 1:45.55 | +0.44 | |||
6 | Lindsay Alcock Lindsay Alcock Lindsay Alcock is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. She won a silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.... |
52.62 | 53.07 | 1:45.69 | +0.58 | |||
7 | Yekaterina Mironova Yekaterina Mironova Yekaterina Mironova is a Russian skeleton racer who competed from 2000 to 2007... |
52.97 | 52.98 | 1:45.95 | +0.84 | |||
7 | Steffi Hanzlik | 52.82 | 53.13 | 1:45.95 | +0.84 | |||
9 | Dany Locati Dany Locati Dany Locati is an Italian skeleton racer who competed from 1994 to 2006. She finished ninth in the women's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
53.19 | 53.46 | 1:46.65 | +1.54 | |||
10 | Michelle Kelly Michelle Kelly Michelle Kelly is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 1996. She won a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 2003 , a silver in 2008 , and a bronze in 2005 .Kelly also finished tenth in the women's skeleton event... |
53.76 | 53.56 | 1:47.32 | +2.21 | |||
11 | Liz Couch Liz Couch Liz Couch is a New Zealand skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2002. She finished 11th in the women's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
53.62 | 54.18 | 1:47.80 | +2.69 | |||
12 | Eiko Nakayama Eiko Nakayama is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 12th in the women's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... |
54.00 | 54.72 | 1:48.72 | +3.61 | |||
13 | Cindy Ninos Cindy Ninos Cindy Ninos is a Greek skeleton racer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she finished 13th and last in the women's skeleton event.... |
54.54 | 54.74 | 1:49.28 | +4.17 |