Jaclyn Narracott
Jaclyn Narracott (born 5 November 1990) is an Australian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international skeleton competition in 2012 when she joined the Australian national team; in 2011 she competed in bobsleigh for two European Cup races. Narracott has competed on the World Cup, the top level of international skeleton, since 2014; prior to that she competed on the European and North American Cups. She slides on a Bromley sled, and lives and trains in Bath, England, with the British bobsleigh and skeleton athletes. Australian Olympic track and bobsleigh athlete Paul Narracott is her uncle. She is in a relationship with British skeleton slider Dom Parsons.
Narracott at the 2017 World Cup race in Lake Placid | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1990 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Chris Gaviglio, Rob Ellchuk | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2nd (2022 Beijing) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Narracott is the first Australian athlete to earn an Olympic medal in skeleton, after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This also marked Australia's first medal in any sliding sport at the Winter Olympics. Additionally, Narracott's result lifted Australia's medal tally at Beijing to 4, the highest medal tally Australia has ever achieved at a Winter Olympics.