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Ashleigh Pittaway
Personal information
Full nameAshleigh Fay Pittaway
NationalityGerman and British
Born (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)
Munich, Germany
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportSkeleton
Coached byDanny Holdcroft
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer Girls
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Königssee [1]
Bronze medal – third place 2021 St. Moritz [2]

Ashleigh Fay Pittaway (born 23 May 2000 in Munich) is a former German-British skeleton racer who competed on the Skeleton World Cup and Europe Cup circuits. She started racing in 2011 in Germany while a student, and joined the national team in 2015. Her personal coach was Danny Holdcroft, and she used a BlackRoc sled. She won a gold medal in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer. She also made her World Cup debut in 2016, at Königssee, where she finished 15th.[3][4] She retired from competitive racing in September 2021, ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5]

World Cup results

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All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[6]

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Place
2015–16 Altenberg
Winterberg
Königssee 1
Lake Placid
Park City
Whistler
St. Moritz
Königssee 2
15
104 27th
2016–17 Didn't compete at the World Cup
2017–18 Lake Placid
21
Park City
21
Whistler
19
Winterberg
21
Innsbruck
Altenberg
St. Moritz
Königssee
260 28th
2018–19 Sigulda
Winterberg
Altenberg
Innsbruck
St. Moritz
Lake Placid
9
Calgary 1
Calgary 2
16
248 20th
2019–20 Lake Placid 1
Lake Placid 2
Winterberg
14
La Plagne
Innsbruck
Königssee
St. Moritz
Sigulda
112 29th
2020–21 Sigulda 1
12
Sigulda 2
8
Innsbruck 1
Innsbruck 2
Winterberg
15
St. Moritz
12
Königssee
Innsbruck 3
10
664 16th

References

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  1. ^ "IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation".
  2. ^ "IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation".
  3. ^ "Ashleigh Fay PITTAWAY". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton – Winterberg, GER" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 8–10 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Youth Olympic Champion Ashleigh Pittaway steps away from sliding". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Ashleigh Fay Pittaway profile on the IBSF official page". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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