Paula Walker

Paula Walker
Personal information
Nationality British
Born 23 April 1986 (1986-04-23) (age 25)[1]
Leicester,
 United Kingdom
Residence Blackburn
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 92 kg (200 lb; 14.5 st)[1]
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
Sport Bobsleigh (pilot)
Club GB Team
Medal record
Women's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup Championships
European Championships
World Junior Championships
Gold 2011 Park City, USA Two-woman
America Cup
Silver 2010 Park City, USA Two-woman[2]
Bronze 2010 Park City, USA Two-woman[2]

Paula Walker (born April 23, 1986) is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Her best World Cup finish was ninth in the two-woman event at Park City, Utah in February 2009.

Walker finished 11th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Walker, along with Rebekah Wilson, won the world junior bobsleigh title at the Park City track in 2011.[3][4][5] Walker piloted the no.1 sled for Great Britain in the 2010-11 season. [6] [7]

Career

After she served at the British Armed Forces, in the Royal Signals she has started with the sport of bobsleigh at the age of 19.

Paula is still serving in the Royal Signals

Achievements

Her best World Cup finish was ninth in the two-woman event at Park City, Utah in February 2009. Walker finished 11th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She won GOLD in Park City and is the 2011 Junior World Champion (the first ever British female to do this.)

References

  1. ^ a b c http://ljvsm.com/paula_walker.html
  2. ^ a b Howe, Claire (17 November 2010). "Positive-start-to-season-for-british-bobsleigh-in-america’s-cup". LJV Sports Management Ltd.. http://ljvsm.com/news/blog/2010/11/17/positive-start-to-season-for-british-bobsleigh-in-america%E2%80%99s-cup/. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Thompson, Anna (7 February 2011). "Paula Walker wins world junior bobsleigh title". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/9389710.stm. Retrieved 19 February 2011. 
  4. ^ Howe, Claire (8 February 2011). "Britain win Junior World Bobsleigh Championships". Women’s Fitness. http://www.womensfitness.co.uk/viewblog.aspx?blogid=1840&viewuserid=320c5cc2-8de2-4666-b412-56b944c7315a/. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  5. ^ Howe, Claire (9 February 2011). "Bobsleigh: Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson win world junior title". Sport Sister. http://www.sportsister.com/2011/02/09/bobsleigh-paula-walker-and-rebekah-wilson-win-world-junior-title/. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "Walker sets pace in Bath". Bath Chronicle. 16 September 2010. http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Walker-sets-pace-Bath/article-2648305-detail/article.html. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  7. ^ Houlihan, Owen (20 August 2010). "Walker in the driving seat". Wiltshire Times. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/sport/8341342.BOBSLEIGH__Walker_in_the_driving_seat/. Retrieved 20 March 2011.