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| Full name | Alexandra Andrea Coomber | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Alexandra Andrea Hamilton 28 December 1973 (1973-12-28) (age 51) Antwerpen, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandra Andrea Coomber (néeHamilton; born 28 December 1973) is aBritishskeleton racer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She won thebronze medal in the women'sskeleton event at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City,[1] while competing with a broken wrist, having broken it in training 10 days prior to her race.[2][3]
Coomber, who married in 2000, holds many records for achievements in the field of skeleton, won the first British Championship she entered, and was unbeaten at all other British championships. She won the women'sSkeleton World Cup title three years in a row (1999–2000, 2000–1, 2001–2),[4][5] a record listed in theGuinness Book of Records. Coomber is the only British athlete to have won three winter world cup series. During her career, she set track records atLa Plagne,Lake Placid, andNagano. She had been an intelligence officer of theRoyal Air Force,[6] and retired from competing in the skeleton in order to return to her previous profession.[7] Coomber previously studied atHertford College, Oxford.[8]
Coomber also won a silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the2001 FIBT World Championships inCalgary.
