Lizzy Yarnold

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.

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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)

Origin

Sevenoaks, United Kingdom

Height

173 cm

Occupation

skeleton racer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

University

University of Gloucestershire

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://lizzyyarnold.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealyarnold/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheYarnold
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzy%20Yarnold
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q658596

Tags

• skeleton racer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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