Amy Williams

Amy Williams

Williams receiving her gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1982-09-29) 29 September 1982 (age 34) Cambridge, England
Residence	Bath, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Spouse(s)	Craig Ham (2015–present)
Website	http://www.skeletonamy.co.uk/
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Skeleton
Event(s)	Women
Team	GB
Coached by	Michael Grünberger Markus Kottmann
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	01 !
Medal record Women's Skeleton Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Women World Championships 2009 Lake Placid Women European Skeleton Championships 2011 St. Moritz Women

Amy Joy Williams MBE (born 29 September 1982) is a British former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist.

Originally a runner, she began training in skeleton after trying the sport on a push-start track at the University of Bath. Although unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was a member of her nation's team four years later at the 2010 Games, and won a gold medal, becoming the first British individual gold medallist at a Winter Olympics for 30 years and the only British medallist of those specific Olympics.

Williams was born in Cambridge and brought up in Bath, being educated at Hayesfield School Technology College, Beechen Cliff School and the University of Bath.

Her father, Ian Williams, is a professor of Chemistry at the University of Bath, and her mother, Janet Williams, is a former midwife. Williams has a twin sister and an older brother.

Williams was originally a 400m runner but she was unable to qualify for the national athletics team. She began competing in skeleton in 2002 after trying out at a push-start track at the University of Bath. She described her first experience on a skeleton track as exhilarating and terrifying, but she nonetheless enjoyed it and began training in skeleton.

At her first major event, the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid, she won a silver medal.

Williams was unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, as Great Britain was only allowed to enter a single skeleton athlete in that year's competition, a spot won by Shelley Rudman, who went on to win the silver medal. Four years later, she qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where her country was allowed to send two skeleton athletes.