Donna Creighton (born 20 September 1985 in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

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)) is a British former bobsledder and skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. Before taking up sliding she was a heptathlete.

Career

Her best World Cup finish was fourth three times in the women's event, at

Whistler Sliding Centre The Whistler Sliding Centre (french: link=no, Centre des sports de glisse de Whistler) is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackc ...

and Cesana Pariol in the 2010-11 season and at Lake Placid in the 2012-13 season. Creighton announced her retirement from skeleton in April 2017, having competed in six FIBT World Championships. However, in July of that year she announced that following her retirement she had taken up bobsleigh driving and would compete in the upcoming season with the aim of qualifying for the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

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. She later retired from bobsleigh after failing to attain funding to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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* 1985 births Sportspeople from Portsmouth English female skeleton racers Living people English female bobsledders {{Skeleton-bio-stub