"by Andy Hunt as Chef de Mission, but despite being set a target of three medals by UK Sport, the team won just one, Amy Williams' gold in the women's skeleton, and finished 19th in the medal table. The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are in bold. All results are taken from the official Vancouver 2010 website. UK Sport, the organisation responsible for distributing National Lottery funding to elite sport, set Team GB a target of winning three medals, of any colour, at the Vancouver Games; two more than the"
"Amy Williams Amy Joy Williams, (born 29 September 1982) is a British former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist. Originally a runner, she began training in skeleton after trying the sport on a push-start track at the University of Bath. Although unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was a member of her nation's team four years later at the 2010 Games, and won a gold medal, becoming the first British individual gold medallist at a Winter Olympics for 30 years and the only British medallist of those specific Olympics. Williams was born in Cambridge and brought up"
"August 2015, Williams married Craig Ham 18 months after first meeting him via Tinder. The couple tied the knot at St Nicholas's Church in Bathampton, the village where Williams was raised. In 2018 she was part of the BBC's team providing coverage on the 2018 Winter Olympics. Williams was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. She was installed as an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bath on 5 June 2010. Amy Williams Amy Joy Williams, (born 29 September 1982) is a British former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist. Originally"
"2010 Winter Olympics. Humphries and Moyse won Canada's first ever World Championship medal in women's bobsleigh with their bronze medal performance. Switzerland's Gregor Stähli is the defending World champion. Canada's Jon Montgomery is the Olympic champion. Germany's Marion Thees (Trott until summer 2010) is the defending World champion. Britain's Amy Williams is the Olympic champion. The German team of Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis, Patricia Polifka, Thees (formerly Trott), Thomas Florschütz, & Andreas Barucha are the defending World champions. FIBT World Championships 2011 The FIBT World Championships 2011 took place 14 February – 27 February 2011 in Königssee, Germany, for the"
"earlier. Williams became the first British gold medallist in an individual event at the Winter Olympics for 30 years, following Robin Cousins' victory in figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and the first British female individual Winter Olympics gold medallist since Jeannette Altwegg in 1952. In June 2011, Williams appeared in an episode of the television show ""Top Gear"" in which she raced against a rally Mini Cooper at Lillehammer, Norway. Williams was 1.31 seconds slower in her skeleton run down the two kilometre Olympic track (""1m 01.04s"") than the car (""59.73s"") (which covered the same"
"nonetheless enjoyed it and began training in skeleton. At her first major event, the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid, she won a silver medal. Williams was unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, as Great Britain was only allowed to enter a single skeleton athlete in that year's competition, a spot won by Shelley Rudman, who went on to win the silver medal. Four years later, she qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where her country was allowed to send two skeleton athletes. At the 2010 Games, Williams won the"
"was also rejected. The next day, in her third run, Williams again set a new course record, 53.68 seconds, and won the final run as well to secure the gold medal. Williams became the first British sportsperson to win an individual Winter Olympic gold medal in thirty years. Prior to this win, Williams had never won a World Cup or World Championship event. German athletes, Kerstin Szymkowiak and Anja Huber, won the silver and bronze medals, the first Olympic medals for Germany in the sport. Williams' teammate Shelley Rudman fought her way into the lead briefly after a fast final"
"individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Her achievement was not matched until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver when Amy Williams won gold in skeleton. Altwegg was the first British woman to have won two individual medals (gold and bronze) at the Winter Olympics. After her Olympic victory, Altwegg bypassed a lucrative professional career due to a knee injury. In 1953, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire. She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993. After retiring from skating, Altwegg worked at in Switzerland. She married Marc Wirz, the brother of"
"to recover in the bronze medal match and lost against France 203-201 to miss out on the medals. Williamson celebrated a silver medal in the women's Team Recurve event at Yamuna Sports Complex during day five of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The England Team of Amy Oliver, Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson suffered a narrow defeat to the host nation in the final. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Williamson lost out to Bishindi Uruntagulag in the individual event and was part of the British team that lost in the first round against Russia. Alison Williamson Alison Jane"
"by Lloyd Brown. She was chosen alongside Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson for the British team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Oliver's Olympic debut resulted in a first round win against the world number one Deepika Kumari of India. Amy Oliver Amy Lee Oliver (born 10 July 1987) is an athlete from Great Britain who competes in archery. She is a former European champion, and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games for England where she won a silver medal in the team event. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both of Amy's parents were archers and introduced her"
"Madeleine Williams Madeleine Williams (born 28 March 1983 at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta) is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed internationally since 2000. Madeleine grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. She was always very dedicated at school. Madeleine excelled in athletics from an early age, being able to outrun every other child on the field. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the 10 km freestyle and 15 km pursuit competitions. In the freestyle competition on 15 February, she placed 51st with a 27:43.6 time (2:45.2 behind first). Four days later she came in 41st in the"
"Amy Oliver Amy Lee Oliver (born 10 July 1987) is an athlete from Great Britain who competes in archery. She is a former European champion, and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games for England where she won a silver medal in the team event. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both of Amy's parents were archers and introduced her to the sport in 1993 at the age of seven. She did not enjoy the sport, and did not try again until the age of seventeen. She joined an archery club in 2004, and in 2007 competed in her"
"and in 2010 was part of the team that came sixth at the World Championships in Birmingham – Britain's best ever performance. She was then part of the team that won silver at the U22 European Championships in Italy later that year. She won bronze at the European Championships in Nazareth in 2011 and Frankfurt in 2013, and at the U25 World Championship in St. Catharines, Canada in 2011. She made her Paralympic debut in front of a home crowd at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Whilst studying at University of Alabama, Williams was part of the university wheelchair"
"program, competing in ECAC women's ice hockey. She is also a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, winning gold medals at the 2004 and 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships, and silver medals in that event in 2005, 2008, and 2009. She is a winner of gold medals with Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In addition, she appeared in the championship game of the 2010 Clarkson Cup. On April 13, 2010, Apps was named to the ECAC women's ice hockey All-Decade team. Amy"
"Amy Gowshall Amy Gowshall also known as Amy Monkhouse (born 20 March 1979, in Grimsby) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. In August 2002 she married and became Amy Monkhouse. She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall. Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before representing England at the 2010"
"many of the greats of Australian sport and to be considered amongst that group is extremely humbling."""" Amy Winters Amy Louise Winters, OAM (born 19 March 1978) is an arm amputee Australian Paralympic athlete. She won seven medals at three Paralympic Games, including five gold medals. She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, and was born without her lower right arm. Winters has two older sisters. and she attended Kempsey High School. Whilst living in Kempsey, she was coached by Lloyd Smith. At the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, she won silver medals in the Women's 100m,"
"Games for twenty-six years. On 9 February 2014, Jenny Jones won Great Britain's first medal on snow in their Winter Olympic history after finishing third in the women's slopestyle. On 14 February 2014, Lizzy Yarnold won gold in the skeleton. She became the second Briton to win the gold in the event, taking the title from previous Great Britain champion Amy Williams, She was elected to be the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. On 20 February 2014, the women's curling team won their bronze medal match against Switzerland 6–5. In doing so, they ensured that Great Britain met its"
"2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. After three runs, she was in second position behind Amy Williams of Great Britain. However, in the final run, despite a personal best start time of 4.93 seconds, Hollingsworth fell behind and ended up finishing fifth overall. In summer 2018, Hollingsworth competed on ""The Amazing Race Canada: Heroes Edition"" with barrel racer Nancy Csabay. They finished in 5th place. Mellisa Hollingsworth Mellisa Hollingsworth (born October 4, 1980 in Lacombe, Alberta) is a Canadian athlete who has competed since 1995. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter"
"her work there as strengthening her mentally. After the Games she moved to Bath to train at the University of Bath. She competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won the gold medal in the T37 100 m. It was her first major international title, and she set a new personal best time of 14.75. She won three medals at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, a gold in the T37 200 m and a bronze in the T37 100 m and in the T35-T38 4x100 m relay. In 2012, she won bronze medals in both the"
"m freestyle relay (34pts) and the 4×100 m medley relay (34pts). She also won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly. She represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won silver medals in the 100-metre butterfly S9 and the 100-metre freestyle S9 and a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle S9, finishing behind winner Natalie du Toit of South Africa on each occasion. At the 2011 IPC European Championships in Berlin, Germany, Millward won three gold and two silver medals, including setting a world record time of four minutes, 52.40 seconds on the way to winning gold"
"11.48 s. She then went to Brixen, Italy for the World Youth Championships to take part in the 100 m and 200 m. In the 100 m semi-final, she set a world-leading time for a youth athlete of 11.40 s. In the event final she ran 0.01 s quicker to clinch her first world title, defeating Ashton Purvis and Alison Peter. In the 200 m final, she ran another youth world leading time of 23.08 s to clinch another gold medal, making her the first girl to achieve a 100/200 m sprint double at the competition. In 2010, Williams started"
"in her heat and semi final. Williams was the fastest qualifier, but suffered her first defeat in her athletics career by coming second in the final to American Stormy Kendrick. Williams believes her loss was a ""blessing in disguise"". In the 4 × 100 m relay the Great Britain team was eliminated due to a bad baton exchange between Williams and Rebekah Wilson. In 2011, Williams became the youngest winner of the UK Indoor Championships over the 60 m, since 15-year-old Sonia Lannaman won in 1971. She ran a personal best of 7.24 s in a strong British field that"
"Amy Winters Amy Louise Winters, OAM (born 19 March 1978) is an arm amputee Australian Paralympic athlete. She won seven medals at three Paralympic Games, including five gold medals. She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, and was born without her lower right arm. Winters has two older sisters. and she attended Kempsey High School. Whilst living in Kempsey, she was coached by Lloyd Smith. At the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, she won silver medals in the Women's 100m, 200m and long jump T45-46 events. Upon finishing school in 1995, she moved to Coffs Harbour to"
"shared the gold medal. The final was held on 6 October. Epke Zonderland, the reigning Olympic champion, had a routine ""full of gravity-defying leaps"" and won the gold medal. The final was held on 4 October. The top two finishers were Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, both of the United States. It was the third time that the US won the World Championship all-around gold and silver medals. Ross led going into the final apparatus, floor exercise, but Biles had a higher D score and overtook Ross to win the gold medal by 0.884 points. Russia's Aliya Mustafina, the 2010"
"her best time is 29.42 seconds, a time she set at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best in the 100 m freestyle is 1:03.00, a time she set at the 2009 Australian Championships. Williams competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne winning a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle. In 2008, she was affiliated with the Miami Swimming Club, training five days a week with coaches Denis Cotterell and Raelene Ryan. During the March 2008 Olympic Trials, she broke the 50 m butterfly world"
"gold medal in Athens made Winters the first Paralympian in Australia to win three successive titles. In 2005, Winters retired from competing. Winters and her husband, Sean, had their first child, Tom, in January 2010 and welcomed Sam in October 2013. In 2008, she became the Australian Paralympic Committee's Manager for Marketing and Sponsorship and travelled to Beijing and London, liaising closely with the APC's sponsors. On 24 July 2012, Amy was inducted into the New South Wales Hall of Champions at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. Winters stated that """"The Hall of Champions is an illustrious list of"
"Jodie Williams Jodie Alicia Williams (born 28 September 1993) is a British sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. A prodigious junior, she is the 2009 World Youth Champion at 100 and 200 m, the 2010 World Junior Champion at 100 m, the 2011 European Junior Champion at 100 m and 200 m, and the 2013 European U23 Champion at 200 m. Williams had a five-year-long unbeaten streak of 151 races in the sprints, beginning with the start of her athletics career in 2005 and lasting until July 2010, when she was runner-up to Stormy Kendrick in the"
"Annabelle Williams Annabelle Williams, (born 21 July 1988) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She has a congenital limb deficiency. She appeared in ""Mad Max 4"". Representing Australia, she has won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the Women's 100m Butterfly S9. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she earned a silver medal in the Women's 50m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100m Multi Disability Freestyle. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she earned a silver in the"
"created the phrase ""Jenny Jones, has just bossed the Slope Style"". Aimee Fuller Aimee Nicole E. Fuller (born 21 July 1991) is a British slopestyle snowboarder who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Fuller was born in Farnborough, in London, and grew up in nearby Keston. She moved to Washington D.C., USA, in 2003 aged 12, attending the British School of Washington, but moved back to the UK at the age of 16 to live in Northern Ireland where she attended Sullivan Upper School in Holywood. Fuller finished 7th in the overall rankings"
"won Gold at the European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Katowice. In July 2011, the BBC included Adams in a feature on ""6 Promising Britons to watch in the Olympics"". In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Adams defeated Mary Kom from India in the Flyweight semi-final. She went on to defeat Chinese boxer and world number one Ren Cancan in the final to claim the first Olympic women's boxing Gold medal. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Adams knocked out Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland to take the gold medal in the women's flyweight division on a split decision. At"
"women at these Games. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ski cross debuted for both women and men. Ashleigh McIvor of Canada won the inaugural gold for women in the sport. Controversy was created when women's ski jumping was excluded from the programme by the IOC due to the low number of athletes and participating nations in the sport. A group of fifteen competitive female ski jumpers later filed a suit against the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the grounds that it violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms since men"
"updated on 26 January 2010. The athletes who qualified for the women's event were: The first run start order was released on the afternoon of 17 February 2010. The first two runs took place on 18 February at 16:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) and 17:00 PST. On 19 February, the final two runs took take place at 15:45 PST and 16:45 PST. During the first run, Amy Williams broke the previous course record by nearly a full second, finishing first with a time of 53.83 seconds and reaching a top speed of . She led the second run as well."
"Amy Smith (swimmer) Amy Louis Smith (born 24 July 1987 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire) is a British swimmer. Smith was at the pinnacle of sprinting for British women and a member of the national swim team for a decade. She had a busy programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she competed for the Great British team in the Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 5th place in the final. She also competed in the Women's 50 metre freestyle winning her heat swim off to qualify for the semi final. She also made the semi final for the"