Jaclyn Narracott

{{short description|Australian skeleton racer (born 1990)}}

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| caption = Narracott at the 2017 World Cup race in Lake Placid

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| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia{{cite web |title=Jaclyn NARRACOTT |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/skeleton/athlete-profile-n1046165-jaclyn-narracott.htm |website=Olympics.com |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222035824/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/skeleton/athlete-profile-n1046165-jaclyn-narracott.htm |url-status=dead }}

| height = 167 cm

| weight = 62 kg

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| coach = Chris Gaviglio, Rob Ellchuk

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Jaclyn Narracott (born 5 November 1990) is an Australian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international skeleton competition in 2012 when she joined the Australian national team; in 2011 she competed in bobsleigh for two European Cup races. Narracott has competed on the World Cup, the top level of international skeleton, since 2014; prior to that she competed on the European and North American Cups. She slides on a Bromley sled,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/128437/NARRACOTT |title=Jaclyn NARRACOTT |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=2017-12-14 |archive-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123102925/http://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/128437/NARRACOTT |url-status=dead }} and lives and trains in Bath, England, with the British bobsleigh and skeleton athletes.{{Cite web |url=http://pyeongchang2018.olympics.com.au/athlete/jackie-narracott |title=Jackie Narracott |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=2018-01-24 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125074618/http://pyeongchang2018.olympics.com.au/athlete/jackie-narracott |url-status=dead }} Australian Olympic track and bobsleigh athlete Paul Narracott is her uncle.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.org/images/news/Media_Guide_17-18/IBSF_Media_Guide_17-18_skeleton_5_Innsbruck.pdf |title=Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT) |last=Stahlhacke, Angela |date=13 December 2017 |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=2017-12-18 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051722/http://www.ibsf.org/images/news/Media_Guide_17-18/IBSF_Media_Guide_17-18_skeleton_5_Innsbruck.pdf |url-status=dead }} She is in a relationship with British skeleton slider Dom Parsons.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43084983 |title=Dom Parsons: Ten things you didn't know about GB's skeleton bronze medallist |last= |date=16 February 2018 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=16 February 2018}}

Narracott is the first Australian athlete to earn an Olympic medal in skeleton, after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.{{Cite news|date=2022-02-12|title='I had nothing to lose': Narracott slides her way to silver in historic Winter Olympics moment|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-13/jackie-narracott-wins-silver-medal-skeleton-beijing-olympics/100826194|access-date=2022-02-13}} This also marked Australia's first medal in any sliding sport at the Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|last=Dakin|first=Rebecca|date=2022-02-12|title=Jaclyn Narracott makes history with Australia's first Olympic sliding medal|url=https://www.mygc.com.au/jaclyn-narracott-makes-history-with-australias-first-olympic-sliding-medal/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=myGC.com.au|language=en-US}} Additionally, Narracott's result lifted Australia's medal tally at Beijing to 4, the highest medal tally Australia has ever achieved at a Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-13|title=Winter Olympics medal tally hits record with skeleton silver|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/winter-olympics-medal-tally-hits-record-with-skeleton-silver-20220213-p59w0m|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en}}