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| Olympic medal record |
| Women's Skeleton |
| Bronze |
2002 |
Individual |
Alex Coomber (born on 28 December 1973) was the winner of the bronze medal for the bob skeleton in the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. She won the medal whilst competing with a broken wrist, having broken it in training 10 days prior to her race. She holds many records for achievements in the field of skeleton, won the first British Championship she entered, and was unbeaten at all other British championships. Alex won the World Cup series three years in a row, a record listed in the Guinness Book of Records. She is the only British athlete to have won one (and then three) winter world cup series. World (track) records at La Plagne, Lake Placid,and Nagano. She had been an Officer of the British Royal Air Force, and retired from competing in the skeleton in order to return to her previous profession.
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