Amy Williams Wins Gold for Team GB!

Date: 23-February-2010 

HLST congratulates University of Bath student Amy Williams on becoming Team GB’s first individual Olympic Winter Games gold medallist for 30 years and the first woman individual gold medallist for 58 years.

Williams won the gold in the bob skeleton by a convincing 0.56 second margin, completing her run in a track record breaking 53.68 seconds.

Williams trains at the University of Bath where she is currently studying for a Sports Performance degree. The universities' sports training village hosts the concrete bobsleigh push-start track on which many British bobsleigh, bob-skeleton and luge teams practice the crucial start to their runs.

Williams was helped in her run by the work of research engineers from the University of Southampton. The research of Engineering Doctorate students Rachel Blackburn and James Roche has helped improve understanding of bob skeleton performance in terms of athletes' physical conditioning and preperation as well as the kit and equipment used in competition.

For more information on Amy Williams Visit the Team Bath Website.

For more information on the University of Southampton's Sports Engineering work, visit the University of Southampton Website.