Jump to content

Jamie Greubel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Jamie Greubel Poser)

Jamie Greubel
Greubel Poser in 2020
Personal information
Full nameJamie Greubel Poser
Born (1983-11-09) November 9, 1983 (age 41)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Home townNewtown, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1][2]
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Spouse
​
(m. 2014)​
Sport
SportBobsleigh
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Two-woman
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Königssee Two-woman

Jamie Greubel Poser[3] (born November 9, 1983) née Greubel is an American bobsledder[4] 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.[5]

Greubel graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey in 2002 and Cornell University in 2006.[6][7] 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.[6] She holds a master's degree in education.[6]

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[6] Greubel started in the sport as a brakeman but switched over to pilot in 2010.[6]

Personal life

[edit]

Greubel became engaged to German bobsledder Christian Poser in April 2013.[8] The couple married in the summer of 2014.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Crimmins, Peter (February 21, 2014). "Bucks County bobsledder had unlikely path to bronze medal". WHYY. Jamie Greubel ... native of Newtown, Pa.
  2. ^ London, Stuart (March 15, 2017). "Newtown Olympian Jamie Greubel now a star on the bobsled and TV". Bucks County Courier Times. Archived from the original on May 14, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Rosen, Karen (December 11, 2014). "Veterans Teach Rookies The Ropes In Bobsled". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "FIBT profile". Fibt.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "NBC Olympics Profile". Nbcolympics.com. January 19, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e Alden, Bill (January 29, 2014). "Former Hun Star Athlete Greubel on Fast Tracking, Making U.S. Bobsled Team for Winter Olympics". Town Topics. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Politi, Steve (February 4, 2014). "Sochi Olympics: Meet eight New Jersey natives gunning for gold in Russia". Star-Ledger. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "TEAM USA'S IN LOVE WITH ITS COMPETITION…LITERALLY". Team USA. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
[edit]


Flag of United StatesBiography icon

This biographical article relating to American bobsleigh is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Greubel&oldid=1290453786"