Helen Upperton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Helen Upperton

bobsledder

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1979

Place of Birth: Al Ahmadi, Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait

Profession: athletics competitor, bobsledder

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Helen Upperton

  • Helen Lesley Upperton (born October 31, 1979) is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2002.
  • Upperton was born in Ahmadi, Kuwait as her parents involvement in the oil industry meant they traveled abroad.
  • She holds dual citizenship of both Great Britain and Canada.
  • Upperton won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics after previously finishing fourth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
  • She went to high school at Dr.
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  • Scarlett High School Upperton also competed in the FIBT World Championships, earning her best finish of fourth in the two-woman event at Altenberg in 2008.
  • Her best overall Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the two-woman event in the 2005-06 season. A former triple jumper at the University of Texas at Austin, Upperton moved to bobsleigh in 2002.
  • In the 2005-06 season she won four medals on the World Cup including a gold at an event in St.
  • Moritz, Switzerland, Canada's first women's World Cup win in bobsleigh.
  • One month later she finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
  • Upperton scored a total of six wins and over 20 podium finishes in World Cup competition.She won a silver medal in the Two-woman competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics with Shelley-Ann Brown.
  • The gold medal was won by fellow Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse.
  • It marked the first time of the 2010 Olympics that Canadians had won two medals in one event.Upperton and Brown announced their retirements from the sport in September 2012.
  • After retiring Upperton became manager of community relations with WinSport Canada.
  • Subsequently she became head coach of WinSport Academy's bobsleigh programme, training developing bobsledders.Upperton was a commentator for men's and women's bobsleigh and skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics with Mark Connolly.

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