Katie Uhlaender
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Silver | 2008 Altenberg | Women | |
Bronze | 2007 St. Moritz | Women | |
Bronze | 2008 Altenberg | Mixed team |
Katie Uhlaender (born July 17, 1984) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. She won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver (women's skeleton: 2008) and two bronzes (women's skeleton: 2007, mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event: 2008).
Uhlaender won the women's Skeleton World Cup title twice (2006-7, 2007-8).. She also finished sixth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
A native of Vail, Colorado, Uhleander now lives in nearby Breckenridge. She is the daughter of former Major League Baseball outfielder (and former Cleveland Indians coach) Ted Uhlaender.
[edit] References
- FIBT profile
- List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.
- Skeletonsport.com profile
- United States Olympic Committee profile
- Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000
- Yahoo.com profile on Uhlaender at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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