Jaclyn Narracott (born 5 November 1990) is an Australian

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who competes on the

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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 is the first Australian athlete to earn an Olympic medal in skeleton, after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in

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. 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.

Notable results

At the

IBSF World Championships 2017 The IBSF World Championships 2017 took place at the Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Königssee, Germany, from 13 to 26 February 2017. Schedule Six events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Medal summary Medal table ...

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, Narracott finished 17th, matching her ranking from

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. Her best World Championship result was 16th, in 2015. Her best World Cup result was a first place in 2022. In 2017–18, she finished 18th in World Cup points and 21st in overall ranking, which earned Australia the continental quota spot for Oceania, and Narracott was subsequently selected to the Australian Olympic Team for the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

in Pyeongchang. Narracott was selected again for 2022 Winter Olympics in

, where she went on to win the silver medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narracott, Jaclyn 1990 births Australian female skeleton racers Living people Team Bath winter athletes Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for Australia Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in skeleton Olympic silver medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportswomen from Queensland