Lauren Gibbs

Lauren Gibbs
nation	United States
birthday	March 2, 1984
place of birth	Los Angeles ,  United States
size	178 cm
Weight	77 kg
Career
discipline	Two-man bobsleigh
position	Pusher
National squad	since 2014
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver 2018 Pyeongchang Two-man bobsleigh  Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships bronze 2016 Igls Two-man bobsleigh gold 2020 Altenberg Two-man bobsleigh
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
Debut in the World Cup December 13, 2014 in Lake Placid  World Cup victories 6 ( list )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Two-man bobsleigh 6th 3 8th
last change: February 23, 2020

Lauren Gibbs (born March 2, 1984 in Los Angeles ) is an American bobsleigh driver . She took in 2018 for the USA at the Olympic Winter Games and won with Elana Meyers the silver medal in the Two-Woman. In 2020 she and Kaillie Humphries became world champion in the women's two-man bobsleigh at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships.

Career

Former volleyball player Lauren Gibbs made her debut as a pusher in an international competition on November 13, 2014 in the North American Cup. At the Park City competition, she took fourth place as a pusher for Jazmine Fenlator . One day later she was active as a pusher for Jamie Greubel Poser's bobsleigh and celebrated her first win in the North American Cup. They won ahead of Mica Mcneill's and Katelyn Kelly's . After the two appearances, she was also used in the 2014/15 World Cup . She completed her first competition on December 13, 2014 as the pusher for Jamie Greubel Poser and the two took third place in the US triple success behind the bobs of Elana Meyers Taylor and Jazmine Fenlator. At the end of the season, she took part in the 2015 Bobsleigh World Championship in Winterberg as Jamie Greubel Poser's pusher , and the two finished fifth. In addition, the two were also part of the US team, which took seventh place in the mixed team competition.

Although Lauren Gibbs in the season 2015/16 continue the team of Jamie Greubel was one and three World Cup races graduated with her, she was born on February 6, 2016 at the World Cup in St. Moritz on the Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz-Celerina as Elana Meyers Taylor's pusher was used and the two won the competition ahead of the bobsleds by Anja Schneiderheinze and Kaillie Humphries . Because of this success she was also at the Bobsleigh World Championships 2016 in Innsbruck . Together with Elana Meyers Taylor, she won the bronze medal behind the bobsleds of Anja Schneiderheinze and Kaillie Humphries at the world championships.

In the 2016/17 season she was used in the World Cup races as a pusher for Jamie Greubel Poser and Brittany Reinbolt . With Jamie Greubel Poser, she was able to take third place in Whistler and St. Moritz . At the 2017 Bobsleigh World Championships she was Brittany Reinbolt's pusher and took twelfth place on the Königssee ice rink with her . After the world championships, the first competition on the 2018 Olympic track took place on March 18, 2017 in the Olympic Sliding Center . Together with Brittany Reinbolt, Lauren Gibbs took eleventh place.

In the 2017/18 Olympic season, Lauren Gibbs, as Elana Meyers Taylor's pusher, took second place in the first competition in Lake Placid on the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh track, behind Kaillie Humphries ' bobsleigh and in front of Stephanie Schneider's bobsleigh . On November 17, 2017, she celebrated her second World Cup victory. You and the pilot Jamie Greubel Poser won the World Cup in Park City . As a pusher for Elana Meyers Taylor, she came second and third in Winterberg and Königssee . Lauren Gibbs and Elana Meyers Taylor were nominated by the United States Olympic Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics . After four runs, they finished second behind Mariama Jamanka's German bobsleigh and Kaillie Humphries' Canadian bobsleigh.

In the 2018/19 season , Lauren Gibbs was active as a pusher for Elana Meyers Taylor and Brittany Reinbolt . On January 26, 2019, she and Elana Meyers Taylor won the Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina for the second time , ahead of Stephanie Schneider and Mariama Jamanka's bobsleds . At the following World Cup in Calgary , they finished second behind Mariama Jamanka's bob and in front of Stephanie Schneider's bob. At the 2019 Bobsleigh World Championships at the Whistler Sliding Center , she was Brittany Reinbolt's pusher and the two finished fifth. After the World Cup season, Lauren Gibbs started in Lake Placid in two monobob competitions and finished in seventh and eighth place.

For the 2018/19 season she was the pusher for Kaillie Humphries , who switched from the Canadian association to the US association. The two started at the North American Cup and finished second and third in the two competitions in Lake Placid . The 2018/19 Bobsleigh World Cup also started in Lake Placid and the two were able to compete on December 7th, 2019 in front of Stephanie Schneider and Kim Kalicki 's bobsleigh, and the competition on December 14th, 2017 in front of Kim Kalicki and Christine ’s bobsleigh de Bruin . On February 1, 2020, Kalie Humphries and Lauren Gibbs celebrated their third joint World Cup success. In St. Moritz they won ahead of Mariama Jamanka and Stephanie Schneider 's bobsleighs .

At the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2020 in Altenberg, Lauren Gibbs and Kaillie Humphries started as favorites in the women's two-man bobsleigh and they lived up to their role. After four runs, the two secured the world title ahead of Kim Kalicki's German bobsleigh and Christine de Bruin's Canadian bobsleigh . While it was the first world title for Lauren Gibbs, Kaillie Humphries won her third world title after 2012 and 2013.

successes

World championships

• 2016 : two-man bobsleigh
• 2020 : two-man bobsleigh

World Cup victories

No.	date	place	train	pilot
1.	February 6, 2016	St. Moritz	Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina	Elana Meyers Taylor
2.	18th November 2017	Park City	Park City bobsleigh	Jamie Greubel Poser
3.	January 26, 2019	St. Moritz	Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina	Elana Meyers Taylor
4th	7th December 2017	Lake Placid	Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh run	Kaillie Humphries
5.	December 14, 2017
6th	February 1, 2020	St. Moritz	Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina

North America Cup victories

No.	date	place	train	pilot
1.	November 14, 2014	Park City	Park City bobsleigh	Jamie Greubel Poser

Web links

Commons : Lauren Gibbs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lauren Gibbs in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Lauren Gibbs in the United States Olympic Committee database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Silver for Kalicki / Lipperheide at the Bobsleigh World Championships in Altenberg. Sportschau , February 22, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020 .