Jamie Greubel Explained

Jamie Greubel Poser
Nationality:American
Sport:Bobsleigh
Birth Date:9 November 1983
Birth Place:Arlington, Massachusetts

Jamie Greubel Poser (born November 9, 1983) née Greubel is an American bobsledder[1] who won her first Bobsleigh World Cup medal in December 2012. She won the Bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Two-woman Bobsleigh event.[2]

Greubel graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey in 2002 and Cornell University in 2006.[3] [4] Greubel competed in field hockey and track in high school and was a heptathlete in college. She set Cornell records in the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon. She holds a master's degree in education.

Greubel took up bobsledding after graduating from college at the suggestion of one of her college track and field teammates. She first made the U.S. national bobsled team in 2007–2008 season Greubel started in the sport as a brakeman but switched over to pilot in 2010.

Personal life

Greubel became engaged to German bobsledder Christian Poser in April 2013.[5] The couple married in the summer of 2014.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBT profile . Fibt.com . February 5, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140205092412/http://www.fibt.com/bobsleigh/athletes.html?athl_id=130528 . February 5, 2014 .
  2. Web site: View Slideshow View Slideshow Jan 19 http://www.nbcolympics.com/athlete/8b3ead51-3035-e934-798a-2310bf97b460 . NBC Olympics Profile . Nbcolympics.com . January 19, 2014 .
  3. News: Former Hun Star Athlete Greubel on Fast Tracking, Making U.S. Bobsled Team for Winter Olympics. Town Topics. January 29, 2014. Alden. Bill. February 5, 2014.
  4. News: Sochi Olympics: Meet eight New Jersey natives gunning for gold in Russia. Star-Ledger. February 4, 2014. Politi. Steve. February 5, 2014.
  5. Web site: TEAM USA'S IN LOVE WITH ITS COMPETITION…LITERALLY . February 13, 2014 . February 19, 2014 . Team USA .
  6. Web site: Veterans Teach Rookies The Ropes In Bobsled . https://web.archive.org/web/20150111060804/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2014/December/11/Veterans-Teach-Rookies-The-Ropes-In-Bobsled . dead . January 11, 2015 . Rosen . Karen. 11 December 2014 . . 20 December 2014.