Bella Nikolaevna Sterlikova
Bella Nikolajewna Sterlikowa ( Russian Белла Николаевна Стерликова ; born April 10, 1984 in Vladivostok ) is a Russian skeleton pilot .
Bella Sterlikowa lives in Oryol and is trained by Lydia Elapina. She has been running skeleton since 2002, and since 2003 as a member of the Russian national team. In January 2004 she started a skeleton European Cup race in Igls for the first time and finished 20th. At the subsequent Junior World Championships she was 17th in Winterberg . A year later she finished ninth in a race at the Universiade in Igls and 15th at the Junior World Championships in Winterberg. At the beginning of the 2005/06 season Sterlikowa started for the first time in the Skeleton World Cup . In Calgary it came in 27th place. In Igls she achieved her best World Cup result so far in 23rd place. In 2007/08 , Sterlikowa first took part in the European Cup and took several good placements, including third place in Königssee and second place in Cesana . A short time later she was able to achieve her first victory in St. Moritz . Thanks to this good performance, she also won the overall ranking of the competition.
Web links
- Profile on skeletonsport.com ( Memento from May 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Sterlikowa at Sportresult
- Statistics at the-sports.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sterlikowa, Bella Nikolaevna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Стерликова, Белла Николаевна |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian skeleton pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vladivostok |