Career Amy Williams

williams @ 2010 winter olympics

williams unable qualify 2006 winter olympics in turin, italy, great britain allowed enter single skeleton athlete in year s competition, spot won shelley rudman, went on win silver medal. 4 years later, qualified 2010 winter olympics in vancouver, british columbia, canada, country allowed send 2 skeleton athletes.

at 2010 games, williams won gold medal in women s skeleton, breaking track record twice along way , winning more half second. @ end of first day, on williams had established 0.3s advantage on second placed kerstin szymkowiak, 2 protests filed other nations on aerodynamics of williams helmet. protests claimed helmet s spoilers illegal , gave unfair aerodynamic advantage. manufacturer claimed integral helmet s design. both protests rejected international bobsleigh , tobogganing federation, had passed helmet—with ridges—days earlier.

williams became first british gold medallist in individual event @ winter olympics 30 years, following robin cousins victory in figure skating @ 1980 winter olympics in lake placid, , first british female individual winter olympics gold medallist since jeannette altwegg in 1952.

in june 2011, williams appeared in episode of television show top gear in raced against rally mini cooper @ lillehammer, norway. williams 1.31 seconds slower in skeleton run down 2 kilometre olympic track (1m 01.04s) car (59.73s) (which covered same distance on road interweaves circuit).

williams contestant in second series of itv show 71 degrees north in late 2011. finished series in third place.

she has appeared in cbbc series, 12 again.