Lizzy Yarnold

Elizabeth Anne Yarnold (born 31 October 1988) is a British former skeleton racer. She won consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2014 and 2018, making her the first British Winter Olympian to win two gold medals.

Having previously competed in heptathlon during her youth, Yarnold switched to skeleton in 2008 after enrolling in UK Sport's Girls4Gold programme which identified the sport as a good fit for her. She began competing in 2010 and became world junior champion in 2012. Yarnold won the 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup, followed by a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The following year, she triumphed at both the World and European Championships to complete the grand slam of major titles in the sport. She became the first person to defend an Olympic title in skeleton and first British athlete to successfully defend a title in any sport at a Winter Olympics by winning at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, setting a new track record. Later that year, Yarnold announced her retirement from the sport. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours and Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours.