Dawn Richardson Wilson

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| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

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Dawn Richardson Wilson (born 26 September 1999) is a Canadian bobsledder.{{cite web |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/10271/Richardson%20Wilson |title=Dawn Richardson Wilson |website=IBSF.org |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |accessdate=28 January 2022}} Richardson Wilson was born in Accra, Ghana; she currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/dawn-richardson-wilson/ |title=Dawn Richardson Wilson |website=Olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=28 January 2022}} As a bobsledder, Richardson Wilson has been in both the pilot and brakewoman positions. She has been involved in a variety of sports, such as rugby, track and field, and ultimate frisbee, but has gained a recent interest in bobsledding.{{Cite web |title=Dawn Richardson Wilson |url=https://www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/team/bobsleigh/?id=46 |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=BobsleighCanadaSkeleton.ca}} She made her international debut in 2018, with team member Kori Hol as the pilot, on the North American Cup circuit. A year later, in December 2019, Richardson Wilson got into her first World Cup race, finishing fifth place with Christine de Bruin. She became a fulltime World Cup brakewoman in 2020-21, despite the Canadian team only being able to compete in the second half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal life

Richardson Wilson emigrated to Canada with her mother when she was two years old.{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=3 December 2019 |title=Young bobsledder navigates all of life's curves |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/young-bobsledder-navigates-all-of-lifes-curves |work=Toronto Sun |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=28 January 2022}} After her mother passed away four years later, she was taken care of by her brother and sister-in-law.{{Cite web |title=Young Edmonton athlete makes Olympic debut after overcoming adversity |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8628772/edmonton-athlete-olympics-2022-beijing/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=GlobalNews.ca}}

Career

Richardson Wilson first started the sport in 2018.{{cite news |last=Cook |first=Adam |date=10 July 2020 |title=‘The writing is on the wall’: Canada’s next great bobsledder could come out of Edmonton |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/the-writing-is-on-the-wall-canada-s-next-great-bobsledder-could-come-out-of-edmonton-1.5019620 |work=CTV News Edmonton |location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |access-date=28 January 2022}} In December 2019, Richardson Wilson competed in her first World Cup race, finishing in fifth place with Christine de Bruin. Richardson Wilson's best performance was a fourth-place finish in January 2021.

In January 2022, Richardson Wilson was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web |url=https://www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/news/?id=576 |title=21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing |date=20 January 2022 |website=bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca |publisher=Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton |access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/20/18-bobsleigh-and-3-skeleton-athletes-to-be-on-team-canada-at-beijing-2022/ |title=18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022 |last=Nichols |first=Paula |date=20 January 2022 |website=olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web |last=Smart |first=Zack |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/canadian-boblsleigh-team-beijing-olympics-1.6320886 |title=Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games |date=20 January 2022 |website=cbc.ca |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=20 January 2022}}

References

External links

{{IBSF}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com profile|dawn-richardson-wilson}}
{{Team Canada|dawn-richardson-wilson}}

Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian female bobsledders

Category:Sportspeople from Accra

Category:Sportspeople from Edmonton

Category:Canadian people of Ghanaian descent

Category:Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent

Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Canada

Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen