Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries
OLY
Kaillie Humphries in Altenberg (2020)
Personal information
NationalityCanadian, American
Born (1985-09-04) September 4, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportBobsleigh
Event(s)Two-women, monobob
Coached byStefan Bosch
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Monobob
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Altenberg Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2021 Altenberg Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2021 Altenberg Monobob
Silver medal – second place 2023 St. Moritz Monobob
Bronze medal – third place 2023 St. Moritz Two-woman
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Two-woman
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Two-woman
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lake Placid Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2013 St. Moritz Two-woman
Silver medal – second place 2008 Altenberg Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Igls Two-woman
Silver medal – second place 2017 Königssee Two-woman
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Königssee Two-woman
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Königssee Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lake Placid Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 St. Moritz Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Winterberg Mixed team

Kaillie Humphries OLY (née 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 Phylicia George. With her victory in 2014, she became the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title and was named flagbearer for the Olympic closing ceremony with brakewoman Heather Moyse.

Humphries was one of the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in a four-person bobsled competition.[2] She was also the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race.[3][4]

In 2019, Humphries switched to representing the United States because of alleged abuse and harassment that she claims she faced from the Canadian bobsled federation. She won three IBSF World Championship medals for Team USA in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, making her a five-time world champion and the most decorated woman in bobsled history. She also swept the two-woman and monobob events at the 2021 IBSF World Championships, making her the first female bobsledder to win a double world title.

Humphries was named to the U.S. bobsledding team for the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022, two months after she became a naturalized United States citizen, and won gold in the monobob event. This gold medal win meant she was the first woman in Olympic history to win gold medals for two different countries (United States and Canada), and the first person to win Olympic gold medals for the United States and Canada,[5]

  1. ^ a b c FIBT-Bobsleigh profile Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 27, 2013
  2. ^ "Women Make 4-Man Bobsled History in Utah". The New York Times. November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Humphries makes history, driving a 4-woman sled against men". The Wall Street Journal. Associated Press. January 9, 2016. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Tim (January 9, 2016). "Kaillie Humphries 1st to drive 4-woman sled against male World Cup field". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "History for Humphries, who wins Olympic monobob gold for US". AP NEWS. February 14, 2022.