Jane Channell

Jane Channell (born August 23, 1988) is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2011 and was selected to the national team in 2013, joining the Skeleton World Cup squad in 2015.[1] Channell was inspired to try skeleton by Jon Montgomery's gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[2] Before skeleton, Channell played softball and competed in track and field, winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference indoor track titles in 60 metres and 200 metres.[1] Channell was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang[3] after finishing fifth in both the overall and World Cup standings for the 2017–18 season.[4]

Jane Channell
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1988-08-23) August 23, 1988
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Alma materSimon Fraser University[1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Websiteseejaneslide.com
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSkeleton
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals10th (Pyeongchang 2018)
Medal record
World Championships
2020 AltenbergMixed skeleton

Notable results

In the 2015–16 season, Channell had seven top-ten finishes out of the eight races and finished third in the overall ranking,[5] but dropped to 11th overall in the 2016–17 season. Her best individual finish on the World Cup was a silver medal at the 2015–16 race in Park City, a result which she equaled in 2017 at Whistler.[1] Her best result in the IBSF World Championships was in 2015 at Winterberg.[6]

References
  1. "Jane Channell (athlete profile)". Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. Clipperton, Joshua (January 27, 2016). "Montgomery's Olympic gold helped inspire Canadian skeleton racer Jane Channell". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016.
  3. "Canadian bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated for 2018 Olympic Winter Games" (Press release). Canadian Olympic Committee. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. "Standings (2017/2018) (Women's skeleton) (BMW IBSF World Cup)". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  5. "2015–16 Standings: Women's Skeleton". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  6. Stahlhacke, Angela (December 13, 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
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