Jaclyn Narracott

Jaclyn Narracott

Narracott at the 2017 World Cup race in Lake Placid
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 34) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia[1]
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Skeleton
Coached by	Chris Gaviglio, Rob Ellchuk[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2nd (2022 Beijing)
Medal record Women's skeleton Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Women

Jaclyn Narracott (born 5 November 1990) is an Australian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international skeleton competition in 2012 when she joined the Australian national team; in 2011 she competed in bobsleigh for two European Cup races. Narracott has competed on the World Cup, the top level of international skeleton, since 2014; prior to that she competed on the European and North American Cups. She slides on a Bromley sled,^[3] and lives and trains in Bath, England, with the British bobsleigh and skeleton athletes.^[2] Australian Olympic track and bobsleigh athlete Paul Narracott is her uncle.^[4] She is in a relationship with British skeleton slider Dom Parsons.^[5]

Narracott is the first Australian athlete to earn an Olympic medal in skeleton, after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.^[6] This also marked Australia's first medal in any sliding sport at the Winter Olympics.^[7] Additionally, Narracott's result lifted Australia's medal tally at Beijing to 4, the highest medal tally Australia has ever achieved at a Winter Olympics.^[8]

Notable results

At the IBSF World Championships 2017 in Königssee, Narracott finished 17th, matching her ranking from 2016. Her best World Championship result was 16th, in 2015.^[3] Her best World Cup result was a first place in 2022. In 2017–18, she finished 18th in World Cup points and 21st in overall ranking, which earned Australia the continental quota spot for Oceania, and Narracott was subsequently selected to the Australian Olympic Team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.^[2]

Narracott was selected again for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she went on to win the silver medal.^[6]

References

1. "Jaclyn NARRACOTT". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
2. "Jackie Narracott". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
3. "Jaclyn NARRACOTT". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
4. Stahlhacke, Angela (13 December 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
5. "Dom Parsons: Ten things you didn't know about GB's skeleton bronze medallist". bbc.co.uk. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. "'I had nothing to lose': Narracott slides her way to silver in historic Winter Olympics moment". ABC News. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
7. Dakin, Rebecca (12 February 2022). "Jaclyn Narracott makes history with Australia's first Olympic sliding medal". myGC.com.au. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
8. "Winter Olympics medal tally hits record with skeleton silver". Australian Financial Review. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

External links

• Jaclyn Narracott at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation