Phylicia George (born November 16, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic

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athlete and

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Career

Hurdles

George competed at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea reaching the final in the 100m hurdles. She went on to make her Olympic Games debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics and competed in the 100m hurdles, finishing in sixth place. George qualified for

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after finishing second in the 100m hurdles just one day after winning the 100m at the

Canadian Track and Field Championships The Canadian Track and Field Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organized by Athletics Canada, which serves as the Canadian national championships for the sport. The most recent edition of the event took place in Montr ...

in Calgary. In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team. George finished eighth in the women's 100 metres hurdles event, with a time of 12.89 in the final.

Bobsleigh

In November 2016, George made the decision to compete 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 ...

during the winter season. George made her World Cup debut in December 2017, finishing fourth with

Kaillie Humphries Kaillie Humphries (born Kaillie Simundson; September 4, 1985) is a Canadian-American bobsledder. Representing Canada, she was the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion in the two-woman bobsled and the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist with brakewoman Phy ...

. She won her first World Cup race on 6 January 2018 in Altenberg,

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, with Kaillie Humphries. At 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,

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, George and Humphries won the bronze medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event.

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* * * * * * * 1987 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canadian female hurdlers Canadian people of Grenadian descent Black Canadian female track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canadian female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub