Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards
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{{MedalTableTop|Mellisa Hollingsworth 1a.jpg|220px|Attending the 2008 Calgary Stampede Parade}}
{{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Women]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[FIBT World Championships 2000|2000 Igls]]|Women}}
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'''Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards''' (born [[October 4]], [[1980]] in [[Eckville, Alberta]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] athlete who has competed since 1995. She won the bronze medal in the [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|women's skeleton event]] at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]].
Hollingsworth-Richards also won a silver in the women's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2000|2000 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Igls]], [[Austria]]. She won the women's [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] overall title in [[2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup|2005-6]].
Hollingsworth is the cousin of [[Ryan Davenport]], who won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships]] in the late 1990s.
==References==
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*[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100564&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/wwc.html List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.]
*[http://www.davenportsleds.ca/phryanmh.htm Picture of Davenport and Hollingsworth]
*[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]
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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Alberta sportspeople]]
[[Category:Canadian skeleton racers]]
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[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic skeleton racers of Canada]]
[[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Winter Olympics medalists]]
[[Category:Canadian sportswomen]]
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