Shelley Rudman

Shelley Rudman -Marie ( born March 23, 1981 in Swindon) is a British skeleton driver.

Shelley Rudman competes for the Team Bath and lives in Pewsey. It is from her partner Kristan Bromley, Richard Bromley and himself trained for the track, as well as by Mark Campbell for endurance. In 2002, she began the sport of skeleton. Their first successes were at the national level. 2004 and 2005 it became a British champion. Internationally, it first drew attention to the end of 2004 by winning a skeleton Europa Cup race in Igls. On the same train struck early 2005 all competitors and won the 2005 Winter Universiade in their discipline. She celebrated surprisingly the first really big hit when in St. Moritz behind Maya Pedersen - Bieri Vice European Champion was in early 2006. This was followed with a fourth place in St. Moritz and a sixth place in Altenberg now also given significant results in the World Cup. At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin, she won a month later, surprising the Silver Medal. The season 2007/ 08 she only started at the beginning of 2008 and only in the newly created Skeleton Intercontinental because her first child in October 2007 - father is her partner Kristan Bromley - brought to the world. Quickly she was able to continue their previous performance and also rising up again in the World Cup. In December Rudman won her first World Cup race in Igls. In 2009, she won her first title at the Skeleton Championships 2009 in St. Moritz. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 she reached the sixth place. In the seasons 2008/09, behind Marion Trott, 2009/10 behind Mellisa Hollingsworth -Richards and 2010/11 behind Anja Huber was three consecutive runner-up in the overall World Cup standings. They also won two races of the season. 2011 won Rudman in Winterberg again the title at the European Championships. At the 2011 World Championships, she finished fourth.

Rudman 's athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.