Kaillie Humphries, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kaillie Humphries

bobsledder

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1985

Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Profession: bobsledder

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Kaillie Humphries

  • Kaillie Humphries (born Kaillie Simundson September 4, 1985) is a bobsledder who competes for the United States.
  • Representing Canada, Humphries was the Olympic champion in the two-woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics.
  • Earning Olympic Bronze in 2018 with Breakman Phylicia George.
  • With her victory in 2014 she became the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title.
  • Due to her repeat championship she was named flagbearer for the closing ceremonies at the 2014 Games together with brakewoman Heather Moyse.
  • Humphries is also the two-time defending overall World Cup champion.
  • To date she is the most successful Canadian Bobsledder in History.
  • In 2014 Humphries and Elana Meyers became the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in the first international four-man bobsleigh competition to allow women to compete with/against men.
  • As of the end of the 2013-14 World Cup season, Humphries has won 28 Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) World Cup medals, 7 FIBT World Championships medals, and 3 Olympic Games medals.
  • Humphries received the 2014 Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete. On January 9, 2016, Humphries became the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race; her teammates were Cynthia Appiah, Genevieve Thibault and Melissa Lotholz.

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