Donna Creighton

Donna Creighton (born 20 September 1985 in Portsmouth, England)[1]) is a British former bobsledder and skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. Before taking up sliding she was a heptathlete.[2]

Career

Her best World Cup finish was fourth three times in the women's event, at Whistler Sliding Centre and Cesana Pariol in the 2010-11 season and at Lake Placid in the 2012-13 season.[3] Creighton announced her retirement from skeleton in April 2017, having competed in six FIBT World Championships. However, in July of that year she announced that following her retirement she had taken up bobsleigh driving and would compete in the upcoming season with the aim of qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[2] She later retired from bobsleigh after failing to attain funding to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Introducing: Donna Creighton". BritishSkeleton.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b Hope, Nick (6 July 2017). "Donna Creighton returns to sliding - swapping skeleton for bobsleigh". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Skeleton - Donna Creighton (Great Britain): season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ Hope, Nick (13 November 2017). "Winter Olympics: GB bobsleigh pilot Donna Creighton 'gutted' to miss out on dream". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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