Nicola Minichiello

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nicola Minichiello
Occupation	Bobsledder
Date Of Birth	Mar 21, 1978(1978-03-21)
Age	46
Birthplace	Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Nicola Minichiello Biography

Nicola Minichiello is one of the most popular and richest Bobsledder who was born on March 21, 1978 in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. Nicola Minichiello (born Nicola Gautier on the 21st of March, 1978) is a former British Bobsledder who raced between 2001 until the year 2011. She was awarded two medals in the two-woman competition during the FIBT World Championships, winning an award of silver in 2005, and creating history by winning the gold medal in 2009, partnering with Gillian Cooke, to become the first British female bobsleigh racer to take home a gold medal at the World Championships.

As of August, 2012, she was appointed director of the performance department for the Dutch Olympic Bobsleigh team. This made her the first woman in the history of the performance of a Winter Olympic sports organisation. In this capacity, she led Esme Kamphuis as well as Judith Vis to fourth place in the two-woman race during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In September 2014, she was appointed the new FIBT coordinator for North American races, with the responsibility of skeleton and bobsleigh races in the North American Cup and Intercontinental Cup in Canada as well as Canada and the United States.

Nicola was helped by the Bromley Technologies “Formula Ice 2010” project along with skeleton bobsleigh competitors Shelley Rudman and Kristan Bromley.

Nicola Minichiello Net Worth

Nicola Minichiello is one of the richest Bobsledder from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nicola Minichiello 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Participating for the three Winter Olympics, Minichiello earned her best result of ninth place in the two-woman competition at Turin in 2006. This was also her best ever Olympic result for the GB women’s Bobsleigh team.

Before embracing bobsleigh, Nicola was a competitor (under her initials from Gautier) for Sheffield Athletic Club in shot javelin, put and the heptathlon. Her best ever for the Heptathlon was 5784 points which she racked up during her time in Austria at the end of 2001. In athletics, Nicola was married to Toni Minichiello, coach of World and Olympic the heptathlon winner Jessica Ennis. Nicola played a part in the coaching of Ennis throughout Ennis beginning her career in athletics. In addition to bobsledding, Nicola was part-time P.E. instructor and was also an athlete instructor to the Youth Sport trust. The news was made public on 10 August 2010 , that Minichiello will not be able to attend her 2010-11 Bobsleigh World Cup, including the FIBT World Championships in 2011 because of a knee injury. In April 2011, Minichiello announced her retirement from driving and was appointed as head development coach for the governing body of the sport, The International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (French: Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing).

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Who is Nicola Minichiello Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Nicola Ranked on the list of most popular Bobsledder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nicola Minichiello celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

Is Nicola Minichiello married?

Bobsleigh
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
| 2009 St. Moritz| Two-woman

Is Nicola Minichiello related to Toni Minichiello?

Minichiello was born in Sheffield to Italian parents who were originally from Avellino, near Naples. They had originally met and married in Bedford before moving to Sheffield, where Minichiello’s father was a steelworker. Toni Minichiello was formerly married to bobsledder Nicola Minichiello.

What did Toni Minichiello?

UK Athletics has confirmed coach Toni Minichiello has been suspended pending an investigation into complaints from female athletes. The governing body said it had been forced to make a public announcement because Minichiello, 55, who coached London 2012 gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill, had breached his suspension.

Where is Niamh Emerson?

Personal information
Personal best(s)| 6253 Heptathlon (2018) 4731 Pentathlon (2019)

What has Toni Minichiello done wrong?

In 2017, Minichiello received a written warning from UK Athletics after being accused of verbally abusing a female athlete.