The Athletes

Adam Pengilly

Adam PengillySport/Event > Skeleton

Date and Place of Birth >
1977, Taunton, UK

Height > 178cm

Weight > 86kgs

Coached by >
Danny Holdcroft

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
Summer 2003

Occupation >
Athlete
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IOC Member
LOCOG Board member
BOA Board member

Biography>

Adam has represented Great Britain in skeleton at two Olympic Winter Games, finishing eighth at Turin in 2006 and 18th at VancoAdam...</p></p>
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Ant Sawyer

Sport/Event > Bob Skeleton

Date and Place of Birth >
1980, Essex, UK

Coached by >
Mark Wood

Biography >
Took up the sport in 2002. Made an instant impact in his first season on the World Cup circuit in 2006/7, with two top-20 finishes in his first three races to stand 21st overall at the end of 2006, after three of the eight rounds.

Followed that...

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Amy Williams

Amy WilliamsSport/Event > Skeleton

Date and Place of Birth >
29 September 1982, Cambridge, UK

Height > 5ft 8in

Coached by >
Mickey Grunberger

Occupation >
Athlete

Biography >

Amy made a piece of history in 2010 when she became the first British woman to win an Olympic Winter Games gold medal in the sport of skeleton. Her victory was Britain’s only medal of the Vancouver 2010 Games.

She was also Britain’s first gold medallist...

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