Ashleigh Fay Pittaway

Ashleigh Pittaway
Pittaway at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAshleigh Fay Pittaway
NationalityGerman and British
Born (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)
Munich, Germany
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportSkeleton
Coached byDanny Holdcroft
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer Girls
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Königssee [1]
Bronze medal – third place 2021 St. Moritz [2]

Ashleigh Fay Pittaway (born 23 May 2000 in Munich) is a former German-British skeleton racer who competed on the Skeleton World Cup and Europe Cup circuits. She started racing in 2011 in Germany while a student, and joined the national team in 2015. Her personal coach was Danny Holdcroft, and she used a BlackRoc sled. She won a gold medal in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer. She also made her World Cup debut in 2016, at Königssee, where she finished 15th.[3][4] She retired from competitive racing in September 2021, ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[6]

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Place
2015–16 Altenberg
– 		Winterberg
– 		Königssee 1
– 		Lake Placid
– 		Park City
– 		Whistler
– 		St. Moritz
– 		Königssee 2
15 		104 27th
2016–17 Didn't compete at the World Cup – –
2017–18 Lake Placid
21 		Park City
21 		Whistler
19 		Winterberg
21 		Innsbruck
– 		Altenberg
– 		St. Moritz
– 		Königssee
– 		260 28th
2018–19 Sigulda
– 		Winterberg
– 		Altenberg
– 		Innsbruck
– 		St. Moritz
– 		Lake Placid
9 		Calgary 1
– 		Calgary 2
16 		248 20th
2019–20 Lake Placid 1
– 		Lake Placid 2
– 		Winterberg
14 		La Plagne
– 		Innsbruck
– 		Königssee
– 		St. Moritz
– 		Sigulda
– 		112 29th
2020–21 Sigulda 1
12 		Sigulda 2
8 		Innsbruck 1
– 		Innsbruck 2
– 		Winterberg
15 		St. Moritz
12 		Königssee
– 		Innsbruck 3
10 		664 16th

References

  1. ^ "IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation".
  2. ^ "IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation".
  3. ^ "Ashleigh Fay PITTAWAY". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton – Winterberg, GER" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 8–10 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Youth Olympic Champion Ashleigh Pittaway steps away from sliding". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Ashleigh Fay Pittaway profile on the IBSF official page". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.


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