Kellie DELKA

Puerto Rico

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BEDFORD, TX

Birth Country:

United States of America

Residence: DENTON, TX

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Women	24

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
19	Women	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:39.15

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women
2021/22	25
2019/20	25

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women
2021/22	1 x 15th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 23rd
2019/20	1 x 20th, 1 x 22nd, 2 x 23rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
15	Women	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:46.14
19	Women	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:21.59
23	Women	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:00.05
26	Women	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	58.93
26	Women	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:02.37

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated in 2011 from the University of North Texas, USA, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science.

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Personal: Kyle Tress (USA)

Other sports:

Athletics: Participated in pole vault while attending the University of North Texas.

Debut:

2019 World Cup in Lake Placid (24th)

National team:

2018

Start:

Introduced to the sport in 2011 by Johnny Quinn, a member of the USA bobsleigh team. Decided to ask him questions about the sport after seeing a social media post. (olympics.com, 17 Jan 2022)

Reason:

Gets fired up when she is at the top of the track. (northtexan.unt.edu, 27 Mar 2018)

Hero:

Sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner (USA), world record holder in the 100m and 200m and three-time Olympic gold medallist.

General Interest

REPRESENTING PUERTO RICO
Represented the United States of America beginning in 2013. Began competing for Puerto Rico in 2018, where she has resided for many years. (olympics.com, 17 Jan 2022; ibsf.org)

Milestones

Competed once at the 2019 World Championships in Whistler, where a trio of Germans shared the podium - Tina Hermann, Jacqueline Loelling, and Sophia Griebel.

Debuted at the 2019 World Cup in Lake Placid, with a best result of 15th in Sigulda on New Year's Eve in 2021.

Finished three times in 10th place at the Intercontinental Cup, once in Whistler in 2015 and twice at Altenberg in 2022.

One North American Cup victory at Lake Placid in January 2020, competing for Puerto Rico.

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