Cheryl Done | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Bobsleigh |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1970 |
Birth Place: | Bucklow, England |
Cheryl Done (born 25 September 1970) is a British bobsledder.[1] She competed in the two woman event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[2]
Done was born in Bucklow, Cheshire in 1970,[1] before moving to Timperley,[3] and later to Bath.[4] In 1985, at the under-15 level, Done set a new British record in the pentathlon.[4] Done worked for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an instructor in physical education,[3] and started competing in bobsleigh in 1995.[4] In one of her earliest races for the British team, in St. Moritz, Done crashed and suffered a concussion.[3]
In the two-woman event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Done and team-mate Nicola Minichiello finished in twelfth place.[1] [5] In 2009, Done was involved in training teenagers who had hopes of competing at a future Winter Olympics.[6] Following the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Done returned to her duties in the RAF.[7]