Amelia Coltman
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's skeleton | |||||||||||||||||
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Amelia Coltman (born 5 April 1996) is a British skeleton racer. She was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Championships, having been a bronze medalist in 2024.
Early life
[edit]Coltam grew up in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.[1] She attended De Lisle College and Loughborough College.[2] During her youth, she played tennis at county level.[1]
Career
[edit]She won a bronze medal at the IBSF European Championships 2024 in Sigulda, Latvia.[3] She followed that up with a sixth-placed finish on her World Championship debut in Germany three weeks later.[1]
Alongside Marcus Wyatt, she won the fourth and final race of the season in the Skeleton Mixed 2024–25 Skeleton World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway.[4] That season in the World Cup, she her first World Cup medal by winning the first event in South Korea in November 2024.[5][6] She won a silver medal at the IBSF European Championships 2025 in Lillehammer.[7]
In the 2025–26 Skeleton World Cup, Coltman finished third in Sigulda.[8] At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she finished ninth in the women's skeleton.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Her parents, Gary and Theresa, were both national cycling champions.[1] She trains in Skeleton at the University of Bath.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Amelia Coltman: Brit confident of 'mixing it with skeleton's best'". BBC Sport. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Warrington, Pete (22 June 2017). "Coltman targeting Beijing 2022 success". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Amelia Coltman Claims Bronze for Great Britain in Sigulda as Canada's Mirela Rahneva Wins World Cup Race". Eurosport. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "British Team Amelia Coltman/Marcus Wyatt Wins Skeleton Mixed World Cup in Lillehammer". ibsf.org. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Lomas, John (19 November 2024). "Melton skeleton bob star Amelia Coltman lands stunning Skeleton World Cup gold". Melton Times. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Glorious gold for Coleman". thebbsa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Skeleton athlete Janine Flock wins fourth European gold and third overall World Cup title". ibsf.org. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ McKenna, Lorraine (19 December 2025). "Wyatt beats GB team-mate Weston to World Cup gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ Winton, Richard (14 February 2026). "GB women shock curling world champions Canada". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ↑ "Amelia Coltman and Freya Tarbit win World Cup gold as British Skeleton start 2024-25 season with six medals in PyeongChang". Team Bath. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
