Sarah Blizzard

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Sarah Blizzard Bobsleigh
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
birthday October 19, 1996
Career
discipline Monobob,
two-man bobsleigh
position Pilot
pusher
status active
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 18, 2020 in Innsbruck
last change: May 6, 2020

Sarah Blizzard (born October 19, 1996 ) is an Australian bobsledder who is active both as a pilot and as a pusher.

Career

Sarah Blizzard switched to bobsleigh for the 2019/20 season and completed her first runs with the pilot Breeana Walker in October . In the 2019/20 season, Sarah Blizzard and Stefanie Preiksa were pushers on Breeana Walker's bobsleigh team. Sarah Blizzard made her international debut as a pusher at the European Cup race in Altenberg on December 6, 2019. Together with Breeana Walker, she took twelfth place on the ENSO ice channel . A week later, the two finished ninth in Winterberg . At the last European Cup before the turn of the year, the two Australians took seventh place and thus their best joint season result in the 2019/20 European Cup on the track in Königssee . After the turn of the year, Breeana Walker competed in the Bobsleigh World Cup and Sarah Blizzard made her debut in this racing series on January 18, 2020 in Innsbruck . She and Breeana Walker took 16th place on the Bob-Rodel Igls artificial ice rink . At the end of the season Sarah Blizzard took part in the races in La Plagne in a monobob . On her debut on March 7, 2020, she finished 14th. One day later, she finished eleventh in the second monobob race in the French ski resort. After participating in the monobob races, she wanted to return to Australia and there the Stawell Gift, the oldest short-distance race in Australia. to prepare. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the race, which is traditionally held on the Easter weekend in Stawell , had to be canceled.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cassandra Langley: Blizzard hits the bobsled tracks. The Stawell Times-News, December 24, 2019, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  2. ^ Cassandra Langley: Blizzard gets a solo opportunity. The Stawell Times-News, February 27, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ Stawell Athletic Committee Statement on the Stawell Gift. Stawell Gift, March 17, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Blizzard, Sarah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian bobsledder
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1996