Alex Coomber 4097604 216473961 2008-06-01T20:40:18Z Miller17CU94 1510826 /* References */ sp {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Women]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalSilver|[[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001 Calgary]]|Women}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Alexandra "Alex" Coomber''' (born '''Alexandra Hamilton''' on [[28 December]] [[1973]]) is [[Great Britain|British]] [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She won the [[bronze medal]] in the women's [[Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics|skelton event]] at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]] while competing with a broken wrist, having broken it in training 10 days prior to her race. Coomber, who married in 2000, 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. She won the women's [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] title three years in a row (1999-2000, 2000-1, 2001-2), a record listed in the [[Guinness Book of Records]]. Coomber is the only British athlete to have won three winter world cup series. During her career, she set track records at [[La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|La Plagne]], [[Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Lake Placid]], and [[Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton)|Nagano]]. She had been an Officer of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Air Force]], and retired from competing in the skeleton in order to return to her previous profession. Coomber also won a silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Calgary]]. ==References== *[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=888 British Olympic Association profile] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/luge_and_skeleton/newsid_1835000/1835111.stm Coomber's interview after winning the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics for the BBC] *[http://sports123.com/ske/wwc.html List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.] *[http://sports123.com/ske/wo.html Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002] *[http://sports123.com/ske/ww.html Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000] {{Footer World Cup Champions Skeleton Women}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coomber, Alex}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British skeleton racers]] [[Category:English skeleton racers]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain]] [[Category:People from Somerset]] [[Category:Royal Air Force officers]] [[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Winter Olympics medalists]] [[Category:Women in the Royal Air Force]] {{England-sport-bio-stub}} {{RAF-bio-stub}} {{UK-wintersport-bio-stub}} {{Skeleton-bio-stub}} {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub}} [[de:Alexandra Coomber]] [[fr:Alex Coomber]]