Nicole Minichiello

Nicole Minichiello
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold 2009 Lake Placid Two-woman
Silver 2005 Calgary Two-woman

Nicola Minichiello born Nicola Gautier on March 21, 1978 is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2001. She has won two medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships winning a silver in (2005) and making history with a gold in (2009) by becoming the first British female Bobsleigh Driver to win a World Championships.

Competing in three Winter Olympics, Minichiello earned her best finish of ninth in the two-woman event at Turin in 2006. This was also the best ever Olympic result by a GB women’s bobsleigh team.

Nicola is supported through the Bromley Technologies 'Formula Ice 2010' project alongside skeleton bosleigh athletes Shelley Rudman and Kristan Bromley.

When not Bobsledding, Nicole works as a part time P.E. teacher and also works as an athlete mentor for the Youth Sport trust. It was announced on 10 August 2010 that Minichiello would miss the 2010-11 Bobsleigh World Cup, including the FIBT World Championships 2011, to a knee injury.

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