Jane CHANNELL

Historical Results

Enjoys reading, watching movies, doing puzzles. (olympic.ca)

Athlete

Graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC)

Father Scott. Mother, Marlene. Brother, Scott Jr. Sister, Kate.

English

National: Charles Wlodarczak (CAN)
Personal: Quin Sekulich (CAN)

Multi-sport athlete playing basketball (six years), soccer (13 years), and softball (16 years), and running track (14 years). Was a sprinter on the varsity track and field team at Simon Fraser University. In her fifth year at university, she became a multisport varsity athlete also playing on the softball team. (seejaneslide.com)

Personal Best: 100m - 11.90 seconds at the 2010 National Championships

2014 World Cup in Konigssee (18th)

2014

While watching the skeleton competition from the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games on television with her grandfather, he turned to her and said “They’re crazy”; she immediately knew it was something she needed to try. "I knew from right then that I needed to try it. Not to spite him, but because he said it was crazy I knew I needed to do it." Given her prowess as a sprinter, she was already on the radar for Bobsleigh Canada and in 2009 she attended two national bobsleigh camps in Canada but was told she would need to gain 30 pounds in weight to be considered for selection, so she decided to pursue skeleton instead. She was further inspired by Canadian Jon Montgomery winning gold at Vancouver 2010 and moved to Whistler (BC) in the winter of 2011, without ever having even tried the sport. (seejaneslide.com; thestar.com, 23 Nov 2016; cbc.ca, 8 Nov 2017)

That need for speed was something she had always felt as a varsity sprinter at Simon Fraser University, feeling most free when she was running as fast as possible. It was a feeling she had relied on to get through one of the most difficult periods of her life after her boyfriend passed away suddenly in November 2009. (olympic.ca)

Her late boyfriend Bernd Dittrich, "If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here doing any of this. I would have been content with graduating university, getting a job and leaving sport." (cbc.ca, 8 Nov 2017)

Always puts her left sock, shoe and glove on first; if the right one goes on first she will take it off. (seejaneslide.com)

"I live in the moment. I leave nothing undone. I have no regrets. I live out loud." (seejaneslide.com)

Bernd Dittrich Hero Amongst Us Award (SFU Athletics) (2010)
Most Inspiring Athlete (SFU Track and Field Team) (2010)
Champions of Character Award –NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field (2010)