Jane Channell

Jane Channell
Channell in 2020
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1988-08-23) August 23, 1988 (age 36)
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Alma materSimon Fraser University[1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Websiteseejaneslide.com
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSkeleton
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals10th (Pyeongchang 2018)
17th (Beijing 2022)
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Altenberg Mixed skeleton

Jane Channell (born August 23, 1988) is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2011 and was selected to the national team in 2013, joining the Skeleton World Cup squad in 2015.[1] Channell was inspired to try skeleton by Jon Montgomery's gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[2] Before skeleton, Channell played softball and competed in track and field, winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference indoor track titles in 60 metres and 200 metres.[1] Channell was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang[3] after finishing fifth in both the overall and World Cup standings for the 2017–18 season.[4]

In January 2022, Channell was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[5][6][7]

Notable results

In the 2015–16 season, Channell had seven top-ten finishes out of the eight races and finished third in the overall ranking,[8] but dropped to 11th overall in the 2016–17 season. Her best individual finish on the World Cup was a silver medal at the 2015–16 race in Park City, a result which she equalled in 2017 at Whistler.[1] Her best result in the IBSF World Championships was in 2015 at Winterberg.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Jane Channell (athlete profile)". Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Clipperton, Joshua (January 27, 2016). "Montgomery's Olympic gold helped inspire Canadian skeleton racer Jane Channell". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Canadian bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated for 2018 Olympic Winter Games" (Press release). Canadian Olympic Committee. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Standings (2017/2018) (Women's skeleton) (BMW IBSF World Cup)". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing". www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.c. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Nichols, Paula (January 20, 2022). "18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Smart, Zack (January 20, 2022). "Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "2015–16 Standings: Women's Skeleton". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on February 1, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  9. ^ Stahlhacke, Angela (December 13, 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.