Joska Le Conté

Joska Le Conte ( born September 29, 1987 in Zeist ) is a Dutch Skeleton pilot.

Joska Le Conté lives in Huis ter heide and operates since 2006 Skeleton Sport. Since the same year, coached by Ueli Geissbühler athlete is part of the Dutch national team. Her international debut Le Conté in November 2006 as 20th in a skeleton Europa Cup race in Igls. In January 2007, she won her first title as Dutch champion. Then it was 15th at the 2007 European Skeleton am Koenigssee. The following season Le Conté began again in the European Cup, but then moved on to the Skeleton Intercontinental, which was run for the first time in the season. Here she reached in Winterberg in sixth for the first time a top ten placement in an international race. The Skeleton Championship 2008 in Cesana Pariol she finished in eighth place. At the beginning of 2008, Le Conté was the second time Dutch champion. In the next international race in the context of the European Cup in Winterberg, the Dutch could reach her ​​best international result as runner-up behind Elena Yudina. At the Junior World Championships in Igls the young Dutch woman came in seventh in the Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg 2008 to 25th place.