Elizabeth Yarnold

	Lizzy Yarnold
Full name	Elizabeth Anne Yarnold
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	October 31, 1988
place of birth	Sevenoaks , Kent
size	173 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	skeleton
Trainer	Eric Bernotas
National squad	since 2010
status	resigned
End of career	2018
Medal table
winter Olympics
Skeleton World Championships
European Skeleton Championships
Skeleton Junior World Championships
	Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Skeleton ranking	1. ( 13/14 , 14/15 )
Debut in the World Cup	January 2012
World Cup victories	11
Overall World Cup	1. ( 13/14 )
Debut in the European Cup	November 2010
European Cup victories	2
Debut in the Interconti-Cup	December 2011
Interconti victories	2
	last change: February 17, 2018

Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Yarnold , OBE (born October 31, 1988 in Sevenoaks , Kent ) is a former British skeleton athlete .

Career

Lizzy Yarnold grew up in West Kingsdown near Sevenoaks and initially operated, among other things, athletics , netball and horse riding . In 2008 she participated in Girls4Gold part in a nationwide talent search of British sports authority UK Sport , and tried under the program in March 2009, the first skeleton from. In 2010 she graduated from the University of Gloucestershire .

At the start of the 2010/11 season , Yarnold competed in her first international races in the European Skeleton Cup . In her first race in Cesana in November 2010 , she finished tenth and immediately made it into the top ten. One day later she was fifth in the same place. The final breakthrough came in the following two races in Igls , which she won ahead of her compatriots Rose McGrandle and Laura Deas . At the next race in Winterberg she also achieved a podium finish with third place behind Deas and McGrandle. At the 2011 Junior World Championships in Park City , she won the silver medal behind Robynne Thompson . In the season's overall ranking of the FIBT she came in 35th place.

In the 2011/12 season she started in the Skeleton Intercontinental Cup and immediately won her first two races in Lillehammer . Another three podium finishes in four races followed. In mid-January 2012 , Yarnold made her debut in the Skeleton World Cup in Königssee . She finished the first race in 14th place. She won the second race on the natural ice rink in St. Moritz despite the adverse weather conditions. A few days later she became junior world champion in Igls. At the 2012 World Championships in Lake Placid , she achieved the bronze medal in the individual competition. In the 2012/13 season , Yarnold achieved two podium finishes and finished fourth in the overall World Cup. At the 2013 World Championships in St. Moritz, she finished fourth in the individual competition and seventh in the team competition with the British team.

The 2013/14 World Cup began for Yarnold with a win in Calgary , which ushered in their most successful season to date. After podium finishes in seven of eight races of the season (including four victories), she won the overall World Cup ahead of Noelle Pikus-Pace . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she was Olympic champion, again ahead of Pikus-Pace and Jelena Nikitina . It also took first place in the FIBT 2013/14 ranking. In June 2014, Elizabeth Yarnold was named a member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to the sport of skeleton . In the 2014/15 World Cup , Yarnold started with a victory in Lake Placid, had to skip the second race due to illness and won four more races in the new year. In February 2015 she became European champion for the first time in Igls . In the overall World Cup ranking she had to admit defeat to Janine Flock and finished second. At the 2015 Skeleton World Championship in Winterberg at the end of the season, she became world champion for the first time.

In September 2015, Yarnold announced a one-year break from competition. In December 2016, she returned to the World Cup and after finishing fourth at the start in Whistler , she finished second in the second race in Lake Placid again on the podium.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she repeated her triumph from four years earlier. She ended her career in October 2018.

Web links

Elizabeth Yarnold in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
Elizabeth Yarnold in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Profile the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (English)
Official website of Lizzy Yarnold
Lizzy Yarnold's Twitter profile

Individual evidence

↑ Birthday Honors List - United Kingdom. The London Gazette , June 14, 2014, accessed September 12, 2014 .
^ Yarnold aiming for Olympic history after announcing season-long break. BBSA, September 17, 2015, accessed October 21, 2015 .
↑ Sean Ingle: Lizzy Yarnold quits skeleton after living the Olympic ice queen dream. In: theguardian.com. October 15, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Yarnold, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Yarnold, Elizabeth Anne (full name); Yarnold, Lizzy (nickname); Yarnold, Lizzie (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British female skeleton athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sevenoaks

[1] Birthday Honors List - United Kingdom. The London Gazette , June 14, 2014, accessed September 12, 2014 .

[2] Yarnold aiming for Olympic history after announcing season-long break. BBSA, September 17, 2015, accessed October 21, 2015 .

[3] Sean Ingle: Lizzy Yarnold quits skeleton after living the Olympic ice queen dream. In: theguardian.com. October 15, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .