Michelle Steele
Michelle Steele (born 8 March 1986) is an Australian skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. She finished 13th in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 March 1986 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2014)[1] |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) (2014) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Skeleton |
| Event(s) | Individual Women |
| Updated on 6 February 2014. | |
Steele's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was sixth in the women's skeleton event at St. Moritz in 2007. Her best finish in the World Cup was 3rd at Calgary in 2013.
She used to be a surf lifesaving athlete, and a level nine gymnast. Steele's surf lifesaving highlights including coming fourth in the open women's beach flags at the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships in 2004, and being Queensland State Champion in open and under 19 beach flag events.
References
- "Vancouver 2010: Michelle Steele". 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
External links
- Michelle Steele at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Michelle Steele at the International Olympic Committee
- Michelle Steele at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Michelle Steele at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Michelle Steele: Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 January 2007)
- Skeletonsport.com profile at archive.today (archived 2 February 2013)
- 2006 women's skeleton results (todor66.com)
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