Kaillie Humphries

About Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries (née Simundson) (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian bobsledder. Humphries is the reigning Olympic champion in the two-woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. With her victory in 2014 she became the first female bobsledder to successfully 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.

Humphries along with Elana Meyers became the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in the first ever 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 2 Olympic Games medals. Humphries received the prestigious 2014 Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete.

Career:

2007-In 2007, Humphries was placed low on the Canadian depth chart and did not feature at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In an effort to compete she considered representing the United Kingdom, the country of her then fiance, Dan Humphries. Opting to remain with the Canadian team she gained a spot on the roster after signing up for a bobsleigh driving school.

2008-She won the silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.

2009-10-Humphries 2009-10 World Cup season prepared her for the first prominent achievement of her career—winning the gold medal in the Two-woman competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics, with her 2009-10 brakeman Heather Moyse. The silver medal was won by fellow Canadians Shelley-Ann Brown and Helen Upperton. It marked the first time of the 2010 Olympics that Canadians had won two medals in one event.

2010-After the 2010 Olympic win, Humphries met with less success on the World Cup tour and in World Championship competition for nearly two seasons. She only finished on the podium once during the 2010–11 World Cup season, though her consistent top-10 finishes allowed her to finish in third place for the overall season. 

2012-Humphries slid to fifth place for the overall 2011–12 World Cup season, though she did have four podium finishes, including three gold medals, by the end of the season.

Humphries teamed up with brakeman Emily Baadsvik, then brakeman Jennifer Ciochetti, for the consecutive wins in the last two races of the 2011–12 World Cup season. Humphries and Ciochetti also won the 2012 World Championship race in Lake Placid, adding a World Championship to Humphries' Olympic Championship.

Kaillie Humphries Achievements

Olympic Winter Games:

2006 – Turin, Alternate – Push Athlete, Did Not Compete

2010 – Vancouver, Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

2014 – Sochi, Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

FIBT (IBSF) World Cup Overall Season Championship:

Third,Bronze-overall in the 2009–10 FIBT World Cup season

Third,Bronze-overall in the 2010–11 FIBT World Cup season

First, Gold-overall in the 2012–13 FIBT World Cup season

First,Gold-overall in the 2013–14 FIBT World Cup season

World Championships:

2008 – Altenberg,Silver-2nd with Combined Team Event

2011 – Winterberg,Bronze-3rd with Heather Moyse

2011 – Winterberg,Bronze-3rd with Combined Team Event

2012 – Lake Placid, Gold-1st with Jennifer Ciochetti

2012 – Lake Placid,Bronze-3rd with Combined Team Event

2013 – St. Moritz,Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2013 – St. Moritz,Bronze-3rd with Combined Team Event

World Cup Single Events:

2007/2008 – Lake Placid,Bronze-3rd with Heather Moyse

2008/2009 – Whistler,Silver-2nd with Heather Moyse

2008/2009 – Park City,Silver-2nd with Shelley-Ann Brown

2009/2010 – Lake Placid,Bronze-3rd with Combined Team Event

2009/2010 – Lake Placid,Bronze-3rd with Heather Moyse

2009/2010 – Igls,Bronze-3rd with Heather Moyse

2009/2010 – Königsee,Silver-2nd with Heather Moyse

2009/2010 – Altenberg,Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

2010/2011 – Whistler,Bronze-3rd with Heather Hughes

2011/2012 – Königsee, Bronze-3rd with Combined Team Event

2011/2012 – Königsee,Silver-2nd with Emily Baadsvik

2011/2012 – La Plagne, Gold-1st with Emily Baadsvik

2011/2012 – Whistler,Gold-1st with Emily Baadsvik

2011/2012 – Calgary,Gold-1st with Jennifer Ciochetti

2012/2013 – Lake Placid, Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Park City,Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Whistler, Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Winterberg, Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – La Plagne, Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Altenberg, 3rd 3rd with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Königsee, Gold-1st with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Igls, Silver-2nd with Chelsea Valois

2012/2013 – Sochi,Bronze-3rd with Chelsea Valois

2013/2014 – Calgary, Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

2013/2014 – Park City,Silver-2nd with Heather Moyse

2013/2014 – Lake Placid,Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

2013/2014 – St. Moritz,Gold-1st with Heather Moyse

2013/2014 – Königsee, Bronze-3rd with Heather Moyse

Europa Cup:

2006/2007 – Europa Cup, Gold-Champion

World Junior Championship:

2006 – Silver Medalist