Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries in Vancouver 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1985-09-04) September 4, 1985 (age 31) Calgary, Alberta
Residence	Calgary, Alberta
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Bobsleigh
Event(s)	- 2-woman - 4-man - mixed team
Coached by	Stefan Bosch
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	01 ! 01 !
Medal record Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Two-woman 2014 Sochi Two-woman World Championships 2012 Lake Placid Two-woman 2013 St. Moritz Two-woman 2008 Altenberg Mixed team 2016 Igls Two-woman 2017 Königssee Two-woman 2011 Königssee Two-woman 2011 Königssee Mixed team 2012 Lake Placid Mixed team 2013 St. Moritz Mixed team

Kaillie Humphries (née Simundson) (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian bobsledder. Humphries is the reigning Olympic champion in the two-woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. With her victory in 2014 she became the first female bobsledder to successfully defend her Olympic title. Due to her repeat championship she was named flagbearer for the closing ceremonies at the 2014 Games together with brakewoman Heather Moyse. Humphries is also the two-time defending overall World Cup champion.

In 2014 Humphries along with Elana Meyers became the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in the first ever international four-man bobsleigh competition to allow women to compete with/against men. As of the end of the 2013-14 World Cup season, Humphries has won 28 Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) World Cup medals, 7 FIBT World Championships medals, and 2 Olympic Games medals. Humphries received the prestigious 2014 Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete.

On January 9, 2016, Humphries became the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race; her teammates were Cynthia Appiah, Genevieve Thibault and Melissa Lotholz.

Kallie did not start as a bobsledder but competed in alpine ski racing before the age of 16. After breaking both legs in separate crashes, she retired from the sport. In 2002 Humphries began her bobsleigh career as a brakeman, and was an alternate to the Canadian team at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.

In 2007, Humphries was placed low on the Canadian depth chart and did not feature at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In an effort to compete she considered representing the United Kingdom, the country of her then fiance, Dan Humphries. Opting to remain with the Canadian team she gained a spot on the roster after signing up for a bobsleigh driving school. She won the silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.