- Mellisa Hollingsworth
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Medal record
Mellisa Hollingsworth in Calgary (2010)Skeleton Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games Bronze 2006 Turin Women World Championships Silver 2000 Igls Women Bronze 2011 Königssee Women Bronze 2011 Königssee Mixed team Mellisa Hollingsworth (born October 4, 1980 in Eckville, Alberta) is a Canadian athlete who has competed since 1995. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Hollingsworth also won a silver in the women's skeleton event at the 2000 FIBT World Championships in Igls, Austria. She won the women's Skeleton World Cup overall title both in 2005-6 and in 2009-10.
Hollingsworth is the cousin of Ryan Davenport, who won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships in the late 1990s.
Hollingsworth participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. After three runs, she was in second position behind Amy Williams of Great Britain. However, in the final run, despite a personal best start time of 4.93 seconds, Hollingsworth fell behind and ended up finishing fifth overall.[1]
References
- ^ Jeff Blair and Allan Maki (2010-02-19). "Hollingsworth falls short of podium". CTV Olympics. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/skeleton/news/newsid=46861.html. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
External links
- Official Mellisa Hollingsworth Website
- Mellissa Hollingsworth at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
- List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.
- Picture of Davenport and Hollingsworth
- Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002
- Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000
1996-7: Steffi Hanzlik (GER) • 1997-8: Maya Bieri (SUI) • 1998-9: Steffi Hanzlik (GER) • 1999-2000: Alexandra Hamilton (GBR) • 2000-1: Alex Coomber (GBR) • 2001-2: Alex Coomber (GBR) • 2002-3: Michelle Kelly (CAN) • 2003-4: Lindsay Alcock (CAN) • 2004-5: Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA) • 2005-6: Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) • 2006-7: Katie Uhlaender (USA) • 2007-8: Katie Uhlaender (USA) • 2008-9: Marion Trott (GER) • 2009–10: Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) • 2010–11: Anja Huber (GER)This biographical article relating to skeleton racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.