Helen Upperton

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Helen Upperton (born October 31, 1979) is a Kuwaiti-born, Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2000. She finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Upperton also competed in the FIBT World Championships, earning her best finish of fourth in the two-woman event at Altenberg in 2008. Her best overall Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the two-woman event in the 2005-06 season.

A former triple jumper at the University of Texas at Austin, Upperton moved to bobsleigh in 2002. In the 2005-06 season she won four medals on the World cup including a gold at an event in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

[edit] Career highlights

World Championships
2005 - Calgary, 12th with Jill Salus
2007 - St. Moritz, 6th with Jennifer Ciochetti
World Cup
2005 - Calgary, 3rd with Heather Moyse
2005 - Igls, 2nd with Heather Moyse
2006 - Königssee, 2nd with Heather Moyse
2006 - St. Moritz, 1st with Heather Moyse
2006 - Park City, 3rd with Jennifer Ciochetti
2006 - Lake Placid, 2nd with Jamie Cruickshank
2007 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd with Jennifer Ciochetti
2007 - Calgary, 1st with Jennifer Ciochetti
2007 - Lake Placid, 2nd with Jennifer Ciochetti
2008 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 2nd with Heather Moyse
2008 - Cesana, 1st with Jennifer Ciochetti

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