Mirela "Mimi" Rahneva (born July 26, 1988) is a Canadian skeleton racer. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1997; her father, Stoyan, was a competitive gymnast, and her mother was an elite sprinter. After playing

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in high school and at the

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, she began competing in skeleton in 2012 and was selected to the Canadian national team in 2016. She is coached by Quin Sekulich and rides a Bromley sled. She was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in

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after earning eighth on the World Cup season standings for 2017–18. In January 2022, Rahneva was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

Notable results

Rahneva's best finish on the World Cup circuit was at

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in January 2017, her first season on the World Cup, which she won by a remarkable 1.83 seconds. Prior to entering top-level competition, she won the overall

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for 2015. She finished in eighth place at the

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in Königssee, and was part of a team that finished ninth at the combined bobsleigh-skeleton team competition at the same championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahneva, Mirela 1988 births Living people Canadian female skeleton racers Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria University of Guelph alumni Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for Canada Canadian people of Bulgarian descent Bulgarian emigrants to Canada 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women