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'''Paula Walker''' (born 23 April 1986) is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[bobsled]]der who has competed since 2007. Her best [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|World Cup]] finish was ninth in the two-woman event at [[Park City, Utah]] in February 2009.


'''Paula Jackson''' (born 23 April 1986) is a [[Great Britain|British]] retired [[bobsled]]der who competed from 2007 to 2014. She originally started as a brakewoman for [[Jackie Gunn]] before taking up piloting.<ref name=sochi />
Walker finished 11th in the two-woman event at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]].


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Jackson finished 11th in the two-woman event at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]] alongside brakewoman [[Kelly Thomas]], and took 12th in the same event at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]] with [[Rebekah Wilson]].<ref name=retired />
Walker, along with Rebekah Wilson, won the world junior bobsleigh title at the [[Utah Olympic Park bobsleigh/luge/skeleton track|Park City track]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/9389710.stm |title=

Paula Walker wins world junior bobsleigh title |first=Anna |last=Thompson|date=7 February 2011 |publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensfitness.co.uk/viewblog.aspx?blogid=1840&viewuserid=320c5cc2-8de2-4666-b412-56b944c7315a/ |title=Britain win Junior World Bobsleigh Championships|first=Claire |last=Howe|date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Women’s Fitness]]|accessdate=22 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsister.com/2011/02/09/bobsleigh-paula-walker-and-rebekah-wilson-win-world-junior-title/ |title=Bobsleigh: Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson win world junior title|first=Claire |last=Howe|date=9 February 2011 |publisher=[[Sport Sister]]|accessdate=22 March 2011}}</ref> Walker piloted the no.1 sled for Great Britain in the 2010-11 season.
Jackson, along with [[Rebekah Wilson]], won the world junior bobsleigh title at the [[Utah Olympic Park bobsleigh/luge/skeleton track|Park City track]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/9389710.stm |title=Paula Walker wins world junior bobsleigh title |first=Anna |last=Thompson |date=7 February 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensfitness.co.uk/viewblog.aspx?blogid=1840&viewuserid=320c5cc2-8de2-4666-b412-56b944c7315a/ |title=Britain win Junior World Bobsleigh Championships |first=Claire |last=Howe |date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Women’s Fitness]] |access-date=22 March 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsister.com/2011/02/09/bobsleigh-paula-walker-and-rebekah-wilson-win-world-junior-title/ |title=Bobsleigh: Paula Jackson and Rebekah Wilson win world junior title |first=Claire |last=Howe |date=9 February 2011 |publisher=[[Sport Sister]] |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> Jackson piloted the no.1 sled for Great Britain in the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Walker-sets-pace-Bath/article-2648305-detail/article.html |title=Walker sets pace in Bath |date=16 September 2010 |newspaper=[[Bath Chronicle]] |access-date=18 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/sport/8341342.BOBSLEIGH__Walker_in_the_driving_seat/ |title=Walker in the driving seat |first=Owen |last=Houlihan |date=20 August 2010 |newspaper=[[Wiltshire Times]] |access-date=20 March 2011}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Walker-sets-pace-Bath/article-2648305-detail/article.html|title=Walker sets pace in Bath|first= |last= |date=16 September 2010 |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]|accessdate=18 March 2011}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/sport/8341342.BOBSLEIGH__Walker_in_the_driving_seat/ |title=Walker in the driving seat|first=Owen |last=Houlihan|date=20 August 2010 |publisher=[[Wiltshire Times]]|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Jackson is a [[corporal]] in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. She started with the sport of [[bobsleigh]] at the age of 19. She has also represented the British Army in badminton, boxing, rounders, rugby and athletics. Her husband is fellow bobsledder [[John James Jackson]]. She is coached by Peter Gunn and by former sprinter and bobsledder [[Allyn Condon]].<ref name=sochi>{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-paula-walker |title=Athletes: Paula Walker |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=[[Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi]] |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205224137/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-paula-walker |url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2014 Jackson announced that she would miss the 2014-15 season due to pregnancy.<ref name="Bath Chronicle">{{cite web |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Sochi-2014-bobsleigh-couple-Paula-Walker-John/story-21200017-detail/story.html |title=Sochi 2014 bobsleigh couple Paula Walker and John Jackson expecting first child |last1=Rose |first1=Neil |date=6 June 2014 |website=[[Bath Chronicle]] |access-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030051724/http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Sochi-2014-bobsleigh-couple-Paula-Walker-John/story-21200017-detail/story.html |archive-date=30 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She gave birth to a daughter, Poppy, in late 2014, and in May 2015 announced her retirement from the sport in order to focus on motherhood.<ref name=retired>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/32628044 |title=Paula Walker: British Olympic bobsleigh pilot to retire |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 May 2015 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>
After she served at the [[British Armed Forces]], in the [[Royal Signals]] she has started with the sport of [[bobsleigh]] at the age of 19.

Paula is still serving in the Royal Signals


==Achievements==
==Achievements==
Her best [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|World Cup]] finish was sixth, which she achieved three times in the two-woman event: at [[Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Calgary]] in [[2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup|the 2011–12 season]] and at [[Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Lake Placid]] and [[Whistler Sliding Centre|Whistler]] in [[2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup|the 2012–13 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-sports.org/various-winter-paula-walker-results-identity-s26-c2-b4-o11-w112716.html |title=Paula Walker season totals |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=the-sports.org |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
Her best [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|World Cup]] finish was ninth in the two-woman event at [[Park City, Utah]] in February 2009.

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Walker finished 11th in the two-woman event at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]]. She won GOLD in Park City and is the 2011 Junior World Champion (the first ever British female to do this.)
Jackson finished 11th in the two-woman event at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]]. She won gold in Park City and is the 2011 Junior World Champion (the first ever British female to do this.) Her best results at the [[FIBT World Championships]] are a fourth place in the mixed team event in [[FIBT World Championships 2011|2011]] and a seventh in the two-woman competition in [[FIBT World Championships 2012|2012]]. Her best performance at the [[Bobsleigh European Championship]] was a fourth place in the two-woman event in 2013.<ref name=sochi />


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
*{{FIBT link |url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=47&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1|bracket1 = showUid|url2 = =101056&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =93|title = Paula Walker}}
* {{IBSF|name=Paula Walker}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Paula Walker}}
* {{Olympics.com|paula-walker|Paula Walker}}
* {{Team GB|name=Paula Walker}}


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Latest revision as of 21:18, 19 January 2024

Paula Jackson
Personal information
Birth namePaula Walker[1]
NationalityBritish
Born (1986-04-23) 23 April 1986 (age 38)[2]
Leicester, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight92 kg (203 lb)[2]
SpouseJohn Jackson[1]
Sport
Country United Kingdom
Sport Bobsleigh (pilot)
ClubGB Team
RetiredMay 2015
Medal record
Women's Bobsleigh
Representing  Great Britain
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Park City, USA Two-woman
America Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Park City, USA Two-woman[3]
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Park City, USA Two-woman[3]

Paula Jackson (born 23 April 1986) is a British retired bobsledder who competed from 2007 to 2014. She originally started as a brakewoman for Jackie Gunn before taking up piloting.[4]

Jackson finished 11th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver alongside brakewoman Kelly Thomas, and took 12th in the same event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with Rebekah Wilson.[5]

Jackson, along with Rebekah Wilson, won the world junior bobsleigh title at the Park City track in 2011.[6][7][8] Jackson piloted the no.1 sled for Great Britain in the 2010–11 season.[9][10]

Career[edit]

Jackson is a corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals. She started with the sport of bobsleigh at the age of 19. She has also represented the British Army in badminton, boxing, rounders, rugby and athletics. Her husband is fellow bobsledder John James Jackson. She is coached by Peter Gunn and by former sprinter and bobsledder Allyn Condon.[4] In June 2014 Jackson announced that she would miss the 2014-15 season due to pregnancy.[1] She gave birth to a daughter, Poppy, in late 2014, and in May 2015 announced her retirement from the sport in order to focus on motherhood.[5]

Achievements[edit]

Her best World Cup finish was sixth, which she achieved three times in the two-woman event: at Calgary in the 2011–12 season and at Lake Placid and Whistler in the 2012–13 season.[11]

Jackson finished 11th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She won gold in Park City and is the 2011 Junior World Champion (the first ever British female to do this.) Her best results at the FIBT World Championships are a fourth place in the mixed team event in 2011 and a seventh in the two-woman competition in 2012. Her best performance at the Bobsleigh European Championship was a fourth place in the two-woman event in 2013.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Rose, Neil (6 June 2014). "Sochi 2014 bobsleigh couple Paula Walker and John Jackson expecting first child". Bath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "LJV Sports Management Ltd". Ljvsm.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Howe, Claire (17 November 2010). "Positive start to season for British bobsleigh in America's cup". LJV Sports Management Ltd. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Athletes: Paula Walker". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Paula Walker: British Olympic bobsleigh pilot to retire". bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. ^ Thompson, Anna (7 February 2011). "Paula Walker wins world junior bobsleigh title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  7. ^ Howe, Claire (8 February 2011). "Britain win Junior World Bobsleigh Championships". Women’s Fitness. Retrieved 22 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Howe, Claire (9 February 2011). "Bobsleigh: Paula Jackson and Rebekah Wilson win world junior title". Sport Sister. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Walker sets pace in Bath". Bath Chronicle. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  10. ^ Houlihan, Owen (20 August 2010). "Walker in the driving seat". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  11. ^ "Paula Walker season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

External links[edit]

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