Amy Gough
Amy Gough ( born August 24, 1977 in Williams Lake ) is a Canadian Skeleton pilot.
Amy Gough operates since 2002 Skeleton sports and is a member of the Canadian National Team since 2006. You will be trained by the German Willi Schneider. The Calgaryanerin debuted internationally in December 2002 at the America's Cup, having previously failed to qualify for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City at the national competitions. On their home track in Calgary, she was eleventh. It took several years for them here in 2005 with a victory in Calgary managed their breakthrough. After they then celebrated another win at the same place, they could take part in races in Europe at Skeleton European Cup, in which her best finish was a second place in St. Moritz for the first time.
In the internal secretions to the World Cup itself Gough was able to prevail in October 2006 and since then launched into their first season in the World Cup. Once on their home track as they had 20 still a moderate cost, they could improve with every race and finished last in Igls and Winterberg fourth place respectively. In the 2007 /08 season, the Canadian launched the newly created Skeleton Intercontinental, won one of the six races there and took third place in the overall standings. There Gough also started the following season. You won a race in Lake Placid and two races in Cesana Pariol. So they posted the most wins this season. Once she was also second. Nevertheless, they had just defeated Katharina Heinz in the overall standings. At the start of the 2009/10 season Gough reached second place in Park City, her best World Cup result. She was also in two pre-Olympic Intercontinantal Cup in Calgary runner. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 she finished 7th. At the Canadian Championships in 2010 Gough was behind Mellisa Hollingsworth Vice-Champion. In the season 2010/2011 it reached three third-place finishes in the World Cup and was overall in fifth. At the World Cup in Koenigssee it reached number seven.