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My Take
What grabs me about Lizzy Yarnold is the sheer nerve of her sport and her path into it. She started as a heptathlete, got tapped by a talent-ID programme, and then hurled herself headfirst down an ice track well enough to win back-to-back Olympic golds. Becoming the first British Winter Olympian with two golds is not luck; it is the payoff of someone who trusted a redirection and committed totally. Skeleton terrifies me as a spectator, which only deepens my respect. The MBE and OBE feel almost like footnotes next to the quiet courage of going face-first, every single run.
Overview
Elizabeth Anne Yarnold (born 31 October 1988) is a British former skeleton racer. She won consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2014 and 2018, making her the first British Winter Olympian to win two gold medals. Having previously competed in heptathlon during her youth, Yarnold switched to skeleton in 2008 after enrolling in UK Sport's Girls4Gold programme which identified the sport as a good fit for her.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lizzy Yarnold
- Name (Japanese)
- リジー・ヤーノルド
- Reading
- りじー・やーのるど
- Born
- October 31, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Sevenoaks, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- skeleton racer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Gloucestershire
Awards & achievements
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.