My Skeleton Journey – From Athletics to Ice Track
…Now I’m lucky and privileged enough to be able to continue developing as a skeleton athlete after being selected onto the British Skeleton Talent Programme to train towards the 2022/2026 Winter Olympics. This is a world class performance programme which in the past has successfully produced 2 gold medallists in Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold. I am hoping to raise £5,000 to contribute towards living costs for when I relocate to Bath in July to trai…
4th May 2017read full article
Skeleton Racing | Patrick’s Olympic Dream
…eel this burning need to go fast and to push my limits. I eventually found skeleton racing which has helped me to satisfy my need to go fast and push my limits! My skeleton racing experience started shortly after the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games when I was in contact with Irish Olympian Sean Greenwood, who was seeking interested athletes to try out and be a part of the future of Team Ireland. After lots of training and advice from Sean, I set off to C…
27th November 2015read full article
Skeleton | Winter Olympic Goal
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Sliding to Skeleton Success
…or the first 2 years. My Story I am 21 years old and I’m just beginning my Skeleton career with the hope of pursuing my dream of competing at the Olympic Games. I am moving to Bath at the end of June to begin training. Before Skeleton I was a county and university level tennis player and I have just completed a degree at Sheffield Hallam University studying Sport and Exercise Science. However, I realised that I wanted a new sporting challenge and…
4th May 2017read full article
Skeleton| 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS DREAM
…at Loughborough University. I currently do not receive any financial assistance, so to make my dream of becoming a Winter Olympics athlete a reality I will need financial support first and foremost to travel for training – which is essential due to there being no home track in the UK for bob-skeleton. Being selected into the British Skeleton Talent Programme is an exciting new prospect, and I am willing to work hard to see how I can fulfil my pot…
10th December 2015read full article
2022 Olympic Goal – Skeleton
…atly appreciative. About Me I am 24 years old, and training as a full-time skeleton athlete in Bath working towards the Beijing Olympics Games 2022. I applied to a talent ID programme called Power2Podium back in 2014 after the success of Lizzy Yarnold, at the Sochi Winter Olympics. At the time, I was still competing in track and field as a 200 m sprinter, whilst also studying for my undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science. The talent ID…
18th April 2018read full article
Skeleton | Winter Olympics Glory
Great Britain’s skeleton athletes have medalled at every games that the sport has featured. It is my dream and now my goal to emulate my predecessors and win a gold medal for Team GB at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The Program produces champions so I am confident that in seven years I can be on that podium. I currently do not receive any financial assistance for living costs, so to continue on this journey and move closer towards my goal I a…
7th November 2015read full article
Bidding for Beijing | 2022 Winter Olympics
…terbalance university work). Thank you for taking the time to read my story. If you have any questions, or if you’d like to keep up to date with my success please check out my social media pages (my new Facebook skeleton page @BCSkeleton, or follow my twitter page @brogancrowley)! If you’d like to be a part of my journey, please share my story on this page or if and where possible, donate to this campaign….
21st May 2017read full article
Headfirst towards Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
…like me. I want to follow in their footsteps. I only started training for skeleton two years ago having been an international level long jumper beforehand. I was selected onto the GB talent programme for skeleton in 2015 and haven’t looked back since; no more sandpits! I also gave up my career as an exercise physiologist in high performance sport; it was all a big risk. Fortunately that risk has paid off and I have just finished my first full com…
28th February 2017read full article
Beijing 2022 | My Gold Medal Dream
…e sport of skeleton. It was from here that I was admitted onto the British Skeleton talent programme. Prior to skeleton, my main sport from an early age was competitive dinghy sailing. Through hard work and determination, I represented Great Britain twice where I was fortunate enough to achieve a podium finish. Although I gained good results in sailing and still thoroughly enjoyed the sport, I never fully believed that I had reached my full potent…
29th June 2017read full article