abstract:Nicola Minichiello born Nicola Gautier on 21 March 1978 is a retired British bobsledder who has competed between 2001 and 2011. She won two medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships winning a silver in (2005) and making history with a gold in (2009) by becoming the first British female Bobsleigh Driver to win a World Championships.
Meanwhile, British reigning world champions NicolaMinichiello and Gillian Cooke had a mixed training session ahead of the women's two-man bobsleigh event, which starts on Wednesday (0100 GMT).
British bobsleigh was certainly buoyed by NicolaMinichiello and Gillian Cooke's amazing feat at the 2009 World Championships, when they came away with the title, the first British success since 1965.
Gillian Cooke arrived at the Games with NicolaMinichiello as world champions in the two-woman bobsleigh, but their form had dropped and they sat in 10th after two runs and crashed in their third.