Jacqueline "Jackie" Gunn (, born 23 May 1977) is a

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der who has competed since 1999. She won a silver medal in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. Competing in two

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, Davies earned her best finish of ninth in the two-woman event at

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in 2006. Now retired from competing in

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

, Gunn is currently completing a 3 year degree in nursing in Belfast. Davies married Peter Gunn in May 2008.

References

Jackie Davies
at the

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''The Sunday Independent (UK)'' 19 February 2006 featuring Davies and Nicole Minichiello

2002 bobsleigh two-women results

1977 births Living people British female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain English female bobsledders {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub