Lizzy Yarnold: Difference between revisions

==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]] post 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|publisher=}}</ref><ref>[http://lizzyyarnold.com/about/ Lizzy Yarnold - Great Britain Skeleton Athlete] lizzyyarnold.com. Retrieved: 14 March 2014.</ref>

 

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>

==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.--> |date=7 March 2015 |website=[[theguardian.com]]|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> She finished as runner-up to [[Janine Flock]] in that season's World Cup standings, winning five World Cup races and being defeated by a narrow margin of 20 points after missing the [[Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Calgary]] round of the series for health reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/news/latest-news/news-article/news/5684.html?backUrl=%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D171%26page%3D13%26filter%255B%255D%3D%26L%3D0 |title=Viessmann FIBT World Cup in Sochi: Janine Flock claims overall victory, Fifth win of the season for Lizzy Yarnold |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 February 2015 |website=[[International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation]] |accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref>