The women's skeleton

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 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

took place on 16 February, at the Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana...

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Results

Two-time world champion Maya Pedersen set the two fastest times to win the gold medal, Switzerland's

Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the confederation's largest Winter Olympics team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified .-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:...

 first gold of the games. Shelley Rudman

Shelley Rudman

Shelley Rudman is a British Olympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in skeleton; the only medal for Great Britain at the games...

 won silver, Great Britain's

Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic...

 only medal of the games. Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards

Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards

Mellisa Hollingsworth is a Canadian athlete who has competed since 1995. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

 took bronze for Canada

Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...

, the first Olympic medal in skeleton won by a Canadian athlete. Rudman's hometown of Pewsey

Pewsey

Pewsey is a large village, often considered a small town, at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire about west of London. It is well connected to London, the West Country and Wales being close to the M4 motorway and the A303. Also, the village is served by Pewsey railway station on the...

 held a twelve-hour canoe marathon

Canoe racing

This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....

 to raise money to help her go to Turin after she was disqualified from the 2005 world championships

FIBT World Championships 2005

The FIBT World Championships 2005 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the fourth time, doing so previously in 1992 , 1996, and 2001 .-Two man:-Four man:-Two woman:-Men:-Women:...

 in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

 for her sled being 200 gram (0.440924524369755 lb) overweight after she was denied funding by the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Pederson trained for the event by watching a video of the course on a big screen in her living room while lying down on her sled on a table.

Rank	|Run 1	|Total	Maya Pedersen-Bieri 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....		0:59.64	1:00.19	1:59.83	—
	Shelley Rudman Shelley Rudman Shelley Rudman is a British Olympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in skeleton; the only medal for Great Britain at the games...		1:00.57	1:00.49	2:01.06	+1.23
	Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Mellisa Hollingsworth is a Canadian athlete who has competed since 1995. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:00.39	1:01.02	2:01.41	+1.58
4	Diana Sartor		1:00.29	1:01.40	2:01.69	+1.86
5	Costanza Zanoletti Costanza Zanoletti Costanza Zanoletti is an Italian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. She finished fifth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:00.99	1:01.18	2:02.17	+2.34
6	Katie Uhlaender Katie Uhlaender Katie Uhlaender is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver and three bronzes .Uhlaender won the women's Skeleton World Cup title twice...		1:00.87	1:01.43	2:02.30	+2.47
7	Tanja Morel Tanja Morel Tanja Morel is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. She finished seventh in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:00.85	1:01.65	2:02.50	+2.67
8	Anja Huber Anja Huber Anja Huber is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She earned two gold medals at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, winning them in women's skeleton and the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event.Huber finished eighth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006...		1:01.12	1:01.44	2:02.56	+2.73
9	Desiree Bjerke Desiree Bjerke Desiree Bjerke Andersen is a Norwegian skeleton racer who has competed since 1997. She finished ninth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:00.92	1:01.70	2:02.62	+2.79
10	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....		1:01.26	1:01.59	2:02.85	+3.02
11	Svetlana Trunova Svetlana Trunova Svetlana Valeryevna Trunova is a Russian skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. She finished 11th in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:01.23	1:01.83	2:03.06	+3.23
12	Louise Corcoran Louise Corcoran Louise Corcoran is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2000. She finished 12th in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		1:01.06	1:02.03	2:03.09	+3.26
13	Michelle Steele Michelle Steele Michelle Steele is an Australian skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. She finished 13th in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:01.26	1:02.21	2:03.47	+3.64
14	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....		1:01.82	1:02.10	2:03.92	+4.09
15	Monika Wolowiec Monika Wolowiec Monika Wołowiec is a Polish skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. She finished 15th and last in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:02.31	1:02.99	2:05.30	+5.47