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Kaillie Humphries

Bobsleigh

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Overall

  • Two fifth-place finishes at WC … Won WC silver in mixed team … Earned back-to-back silver on World Cup circuit, including one on Whistler Olympic track … Competed as pilot for first time on World Cup circuit in 2006 … Participated for first time in World Cup circuit in 2004 as brakeman.

World Championship (WC) Results

  • 2009 (Lake Placid, USA): 5th 2008 (Altenberg, GER): Silver – mixed team; 5th – two-man 2003 (Konigssee, GER): 8th

Career Notes

  • 2009-10: Having superior season … Won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals … Ranked No. 2 overall heading into Vancouver 2010. 2008-09: Canadian champion … Won silver at World Cup in Whistler, B.C., after suffering first-career crash in World Cup in St.Moritz, SUI … Also nabbed silver in World Cup in Park City, USA … Highest ranked junior in overall World standings. 2007-08: Competed for first time in World Cup competition as pilot … Recorded second place finish at Canadian Championships … Finished fifth at WC with brakeman Shelley-Ann Brown … Ranked fifth overall in World Cup standings … Finished third at World Cup in Lake Placid, USA … Highest ranked junior in overall World standings. 2006-07: First year as pilot instead of brakeman … Finished second at Canadian Championships … Overall Europa Cup winner, which was highest finish ever achieved by a rookie pilot … Finished second at Junior WC. 2005-06: Last year as brakeman … Suffered serious ankle injury at World Push Championships in Guadalajara, MEX at start of season … Selected to 2006 Olympic Team as an alternate … Finished second at Jr WC. 2003-05: Started as brakeman with pilot Helen Upperton in 2003 … Recorded two top-10 finishes in World Cup in 2004-05 season … Finished eighth in first WC with Upperton in 2004.

Personal

  • Husband, Dan Humphries was Olympian in bobsleigh for England at 2006 Olympic Winter Games and is now a Canadian citizen competing as a brakeman on World Cup circuit … Mother, Cheryl Simundson, competed in Pan Am Games in soccer … Siblings include Jordan (22) and Shelby (19) … Inspired to be an athlete by Mark Tewksbury’s Olympic gold medal performance in Barcelona in 1992 … First competed in alpine ski racing before switching to Bobsleigh … Plans on pursuing sport psychology when done competing … Enjoys horseback riding, mountain boarding and paragliding in her spare time.

Results

Games Sport Event Result
2010 Vancouver Bobsleigh Two-Man - W Gold
2006 Turin Bobsleigh Two-Man - W

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