Jamie Greubel Poser (born November 9, 1983) née Greubel is an American

bobsled 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 ...

der who won her first

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medal in December 2012. She won the

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at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in the Two-woman Bobsleigh event. Greubel graduated from the

Hun School of Princeton The Hun School of Princeton is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding school located in Princeton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students from sixth through twelfth grades. Currently, the head of school ...

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in 2002 and

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 2006. Greubel competed in field hockey and track in high school and was a heptathlete in college. She set Cornell records in the

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and indoor

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. She holds a master's degree in education. Greubel took up bobsledding after graduating from college at the suggestion of one of her college track and field teammates. She first made the U.S. national bobsled team in 2007–2008 season Greubel started in the sport as a brakeman but switched over to pilot in 2010.

Personal life

Greubel became engaged to German bobsledder Christian Poser in April 2013. The couple married in the summer of 2014.

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* 1983 births Living people American female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cornell University alumni People from Arlington, Massachusetts People from Princeton, New Jersey Hun School of Princeton alumni Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh 21st-century American women {{US-bobsleigh-bio-stub