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Noelle Pikus-Pace Biography
Birth Name:
Noelle Pikus
Birth Place:
Orem, Utah, United States
Profession
Skeleton racer
Fast Facts
- Is the youngest of eight children
- Competed in many sports in high school, including soccer, basketball, softball, track and field, bobsled and skeleton
- Attended Utah Valley State College on a track and field scholarship, and after graduating, she assisted in coaching track and field there
- Was the 2005 World Cup Champion, becoming the first U
- S
- female skeleton athlete to win this overall title
- Fractured her leg when she was hit by a runaway bobsled in 2005, leaving her unable to compete in the 2006 Olympic Games
- Won a silver medal in skeleton at the 2014 Sochi Olympics after falling one place short of the podium at the 2010 Games
- Founded the company SnowFireHats
- com, which sells winter beanies featuring college sports teams
Relationships
- Lacee Lynne Pace -- Daughter
- Janson Pace -- Husband
- Amanda -- Sister
- Traycen Pace -- Son