Amy Williams

	Amy Williams
Full name	Amy Joy Williams
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	29th September 1982
place of birth	Cambridge , UK
size	173 cm
Weight	60 kg
job	Professional athlete / student
Career
discipline	skeleton
Trainer	Michael Grünberger and Markus Kottmann
National squad	since 2004
status	resigned
Medal table
winter Olympics
Skeleton World Championships
European Skeleton Championships
	Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup	January 2005
Overall World Cup	5. ( 08/09 ), ( 09/10 ); 7. ( 07/08 )
Debut in the European Cup	December 2002
Debut North American Cup	December 2003

Amy Joy Williams , MBE (born September 29, 1982 in Cambridge ) is a former British skeleton pilot .

Amy Williams lives in Bath and was trained by Michael Grünberger and Markus Kottmann . She made her debut in December 2002 when she finished eighth in a race at the Skeleton European Cup in Winterberg . Shortly thereafter, she won the bronze medal at the British Championships . In the following two years she won silver behind Shelley Rudman . At the 2003 World Cup, she finished fourth. In December 2003 Williams competed in four races at the America's Cup and finished sixth in Calgary as the best place .

The 2004/05 season was quite successful, with many second places in particular. She finished second behind Anja Huber in a European Cup race in Königssee and in the overall ranking of the European Cup, in the Junior World Championships behind Kathleen Lorenz and in the Universiade behind Shelley Rudman . Her debut in the Skeleton World Cup was less successful . In the pre-Olympic race in Turin , she reached 27th place. Since the 2005/06 season, Williams has been used regularly in the World Cup. The best place so far was a second place, which she took in February 2009 in Whistler . At her first European skeleton championship in 2006 in St. Moritz , she finished eighth, and in 2007 in Königssee, Williams was fifth. At the 2007 World Cup in St. Moritz, she was seventh. Williams also finished fifth at the 2008 European Championships in Cesana, as well as at the 2008 World Cup in Altenberg .

2009 brought eighth place at the EM in St. Moritz. At the World Championships of the year in Lake Placid , the British woman finished second behind Marion Trott and won her first international medal at a major event with silver. Williams finished sixth at the 2010 European Championship in Igls . On February 19, 2010, Amy Williams won gold at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver ahead of Kerstin Szymkowiak and Anja Huber . It was her first win in a top-class international race. The 2010/11 season was less successful. In five World Cup races, she achieved fifth place in Winterberg as the best result , which meant the bronze medal at the 2011 European Championship , which was held in parallel .

National Williams was the first time third at the British Championships in 2003; In 2004 and 2005 she was runner- up behind Shelley Rudman . In 2006 she won her first title.

On May 1, 2012, she announced her retirement from active competitive sports. The reasons she cited were several injuries that made her no longer able to do her sport at the world's best.

Success in skeleton

Olympic games:

2010 - Gold at the Vancouver Olympics

World Championships:

2009 - Silver in Lake Placid
2008 - fifth in Altenberg
2007 - Seventh in St. Moritz

European Championships:

2011 - Bronze in Winterberg
2010 - Sixth in Igls
2009 - eighth in St. Moritz
2008 - fifth in Cesana
2007 - fifth in Königssee
2006 - eighth in St. Moritz

Web links

Commons : Amy Williams - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website
Amy Williams in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Williams, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Williams, Amy Joy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British skeleton pilot
DATE OF BIRTH	29th September 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cambridge