Yvonne Cernota

Yvonne Cernota (September 19, 1979 - March 12, 2004) was a German bobsledder who competed from 2000 to 2004. She won a bronze medal in the two-woman event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg.

Cernota was killed in a training accident at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Königssee, Germany, less than two weeks after finishing fourth with fellow German bobsledder Cathleen Martini at the world championships on the same track. It was the first bobsleigh fatality since 1990 and the 42nd overall since being included in the Winter Olympic program in 1924.

At the time of her death, Cernota was a student majoring in biochemistry.

References

* [http://sports123.com/bob/ww-2.html Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/03/12/bobsleigh-death040312.html Cernota killed in training accident]
* [http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/sportwelt/:Bob-Trag%F6die-Bobfahrerin-Yvonne-Cernota/521475.html Stern.de story on Cernota's death] de icon