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{{Short description|Former British skeleton racer}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| fullname = Elizabeth Anne Yarnold
| nickname = Lizzy
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| birth_place = [[Sevenoaks]], Kent, England<ref name=teamgb>{{cite web |title=Lizzy Yarnold |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/lizzy-yarnold |
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| sport = [[skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]
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{{MedalGold|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship#Skeleton|2015 Igls]]|Women}}
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'''Elizabeth Anne Yarnold''', [[Order of the British Empire|
==Early life and education==
[[File:Lizzy Yarnold 2017 Lake Placid WC (1 of 3).jpg|thumb|Lizzy Yarnold, 2017, Lake Placid]]
Born in [[Sevenoaks]], [[Kent]], Yarnold was educated at [[St Michael's Preparatory School, Otford|St Michael's Preparatory School]], an [[independent school]] in the village of [[Otford, Kent]],<ref>[http://www.stmichaels.kent.sch.uk/current-parents-students/55/news-items/article/201/lizzy-yarnold St. Michael's Preparatory School - Lizzy Yarnold] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314180003/http://www.stmichaels.kent.sch.uk/current-parents-students/55/news-items/article/201/lizzy-yarnold |date=14 March 2014}}. Publisher: ''St. Michael's School, Otford, Kent''. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.</ref> followed by [[Maidstone Grammar School for Girls]] in the Kent [[county town]] of [[Maidstone, Kent|Maidstone]], where she became Head Girl.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/10639725/Follow-your-dreams-says-champion-Yarnold.html Lizzy Yarnold wins Winter Olympics skeleton gold and urges fans to follow their dreams]. Claire Carter. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. 14 February 2014. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.</ref> After undertaking [[UCAS#Clearing|UCAS clearing]] following her [[A Levels]], Yarnold chose to study geography and sport and exercise science at the [[University of Gloucestershire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glos.ac.uk/news/Pages/olympic-gold-medallist-gives-clearing-advice.aspx|title=Olympic Gold Medallist gives advice on clearing|date=10 August 2015 }}</ref><ref>[http://lizzyyarnold.com/about/ Lizzy Yarnold - Great Britain Skeleton Athlete] lizzyyarnold.com. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.</ref>
==Personal life==
Since taking up the skeleton sled, Yarnold has lived in [[Bath, Somerset]], initially in a flat owned by former skeleton athlete and Olympic gold medallist in the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], [[Amy Williams]]. In 2018 she tweeted that [[Portsmouth]] was home.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yarnold |first=Lizzy |title=17 days until everything kicks off in PyeongChang, but today I'm enjoying Hampshire. #Portsmouth #Home #EyesOnThePrize #PathToPyeongChang pic.twitter.com/IHaFYPFaHH |url=https://twitter.com/
On 1 May 2016, Yarnold married engineer James Roche, who co-designed Yarnold's sled while working for [[McLaren Applied Technologies]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold set to marry sled designer James Roche |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Olympic-champion-Lizzy-Yarnold-set-marry-sled/story-26478835-detail/story.html |
==Introduction to skeleton==
Yarnold was initially a [[
In 2008, Yarnold took part in [[UK Sport]]'s Girls4Gold talent search scheme.<ref name="girls4gold"/> Initially she thought she would be suitable for a sport involving horses, but UK Sport identified skeleton as a good option.<ref name="girls4gold"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Golden girl Yarnold only took up skeleton five years ago |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/thesochinetwork/golden-girl-yarnold-only-took-skeleton-five-years-183314981.html |
In subsequent seasons Yarnold honed her skeleton-racing skills, learned courses, and achieved the athletic performance required to compete at World Cup level. She finished the
Her sled is named ''Mervyn'' after a former
==2013/14 season==
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Yarnold was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2014 Birthday Honours]] for services to skeleton racing.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60895 |date=14 June 2014 |page=b26 |supp=y}}</ref>
[[File:Призеры Скелетон (женщины) Сочи 2014.jpg|thumb|220px|2014 Winter Olympics]]
==2014/15 season==
Following her success in the Olympics and World Cup, Yarnold completed a career grand slam in 2014/15 by becoming [[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship|European Champion]] in February 2015 and [[FIBT World Championships|World Champion]] the following month. She broke the track record at [[Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Winterberg]] twice in the course of her World Championship victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/07/lizzy-yarnold-world-championship-skeleton-grand-slam |title=Lizzy Yarnold wins world championship title to seal skeleton grand slam |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 March 2015
In September 2015, Yarnold announced that she would take a year-long break and miss the 2015/16 skeleton season due to [[Occupational burnout|burnout]].<ref>{{cite web |
==2016/17 season==
After a year out of competition, Yarnold finished fourth on her return at Whistler in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/news/9-skeleton/19888-bmw-ibsf-world-cup-skeleton-pilot-elisabeth-vathje-wins-opening-event-in-whistler |title=BMW IBSF World Cup: Skeleton athlete Elisabeth Vathje wins opening event in Whistler |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 December 2016 |website=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> In the World Championships held at Königssee in February 2017, Yarnold won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/news/9-skeleton/20058-2017-bmw-ibsf-world-championships-skeleton-gold-medal-for-jacqueline-loelling-of-germany |title=2017 BMW IBSF World Championships: Skeleton gold medal for Jacqueline Lölling of Germany |date=25 February 2017 |website=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> She finished the year seventh in the IBSF rankings and ninth in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/rankings/rankings?season=2016&ctype=6&session= |title=Standings: Women's Skeleton: BMW IBSF Ranking |author=<!--data--> |website=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/rankings/rankings?season=2016&ctype=6&session=WC |title=Standings: 2016/17: Women's Skeleton: BMW IBSF World Cup |author=<!--data--> |website=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
==2017/18 season==
Having suffered from dizzy spells for several years, in September 2017 Yarnold disclosed that she had been diagnosed with a [[vestibular disorder]] affecting the inner ear.<ref>{{cite web |last=McDaid |first=David |title=Lizzy Yarnold: Olympic skeleton champion diagnosed with vestibular disorder |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/41286135 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 September 2017 |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> After a relatively poor season,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/olympics/lizzy-yarnold-interview-winter-olympics/ |title=Lizzy Yarnold interview: 'After winning everything I had to take time off' |last=Rich |first=Tim |date=8 February 2018 |website=[[inews.co.uk]] |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> she successfully defended her Olympic title at the 2018 Games in Pyongchang, despite suffering from a number of health problems: upon arriving in South Korea for the Games she developed a chest infection, which worsened to the point that she was having trouble speaking and breathing, and on the first day of competition she suffered from dizziness due to a flare-up of her vestibular condition.<ref name=kelner>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/31/lizzy-yarnold-i-wanted-to-scream-winter-olympic-double-gold-medallist |title=Lizzy Yarnold: I wanted to scream 'I wish people knew the truth' |last=Kelner |first=Martha |author-link=Martha Kelner |date=31 July 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> She took the lead with a new track record on the first run: despite this she subsequently admitted that she was on the verge of pulling out of the competition due to her health problems.<ref name=bens>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2018/02/17/lizzy-yarnold-laura-deas-winter-olympics-womens-skeleton-final/ |title=Lizzy Yarnold takes gold to retain Olympic title as Laura Deas wins bronze |last1=Bloom |first1=Ben |last2=Coles |first2=Ben |date=17 February 2018|website=The Telegraph |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> Dropping down to third place after the second run, albeit just a tenth of a second behind overnight leader [[Jacqueline Lölling]], her health improved for the second day, and she subsequently moved up to second after the third run, two hundredths of a second behind new leader [[Janine Flock]].<ref name=bens /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/17/lizzy-yarnold-wins-winter-olympics-gold-laura-deas-bronze-record-britain-day |title=Lizzy Yarnold takes skeleton gold to make Winter Olympics history for Britain |last=Ingle |first=Sean |author-link=Sean Ingle |date=17 February 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> On the final run she set another track record to clinch the gold by almost half a second.<ref name=bens /> She subsequently stated that she considers her second Olympic gold to be her greatest achievement.<ref name=retire />
==Post-Pyeongchang activities and retirement==
Just weeks after the 2018 Olympics, Yarnold underwent knee surgery to remove a tumour in her knee which had been discovered six months before the Games. Following this, her use of crutches worsened the back pain that she had suffered for several years, which was diagnosed as being the result of a [[Spinal disc herniation|displaced disc]], resulting in her being prescribed powerful painkillers for several months afterward.<ref name=kelner /> She subsequently underwent a successful operation on her back in July 2018.<ref name=retire>{{cite web |last=Ingle |first=Sean |author-link=Sean Ingle |title=Lizzy Yarnold quits skeleton after living the Olympic ice queen dream |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/15/lizzy-yarnold-quits-skeleton-winter-olympic-ice-queen |website=The Guardian |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref>
Despite stating in September 2018 that she was planning to return to training,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lizzy Yarnold: Two-time Olympic skeleton champion not ruling out Beijing 2022 after back surgery |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/45502128 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 September 2018 |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> she announced her retirement from competition the following month. She acts as a mentor to young athletes and works for the [[British Olympic Association]]'s athlete commission.<ref name=retire />
==IBSF rankings==
Yarnold has ranked on the [[International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation]] (IBSF) rankings since the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--data--> |title=Standings |url=http://www.
* 2010–11 35th
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* 2015–16 -
* 2016–17 7th
* 2017-18 12th
==World Cup results==
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===Race victories
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!1
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[2011–12 Skeleton World Cup|2011–12]]''' || align=center | 6 ||
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!2
| align=center | 8 ||
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!3
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[2013–14 Skeleton World Cup|2013–14]]''' || align=center | 1 ||
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!4
| align=center | 4 ||
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!5
| align=center | 5 ||
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!6
| align=center | 7 ||
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!7
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[2014–15 Skeleton World Cup|2014–15]]''' || align=center | 1 ||
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| align=center | 4 ||
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!9
| align=center | 6 ||
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!10
| align=center | 7 ||
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!11
| align=center | 8 ||
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==References==
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<ref name="bbc_sochi_gold">{{cite news |last=Hope |first=Nick |title=Lizzy Yarnold wins Sochi 2014 gold for Great Britain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26057779 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 February 2014 |access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="girls4gold">{{cite web |title=Lizzy's story - Spotlight on Girls4gold graduate Lizzy Yarnold |url=http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/sochi-2014-spotlight-on-girls4gold-graduate-lizzy-yarnold |publisher=UK Sport |date=13 February 2014}}</ref>
|title=FIBT ranking - skeleton women - Yarnold, Elizabeth▼
▲<ref name="fibt_2014_results">{{cite web |title=FIBT ranking - skeleton women - Yarnold, Elizabeth
|url=http://www.fibt.com/races-results/results/rankings/detail.html?athlid=130238&rankname=6&event=FR&season=2013%20%2F%202014 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[FIBT]] |access-date=15 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214101205/http://www.fibt.com/races-results/results/rankings/detail.html?athlid=130238&rankname=6&event=FR&season=2013%20%2F%202014 |archive-date=14 February 2014}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* {{official website|http://lizzyyarnold.com/}}
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* {{Olympics.com profile|elizabeth-yarnold|Elizabeth Yarnold}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ya/lizzy-yarnold-1|Lizzy Yarnold}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Skeleton Women}}
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