Jamie Greubel

{{Short description|American bobsledder (born 1983)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = 2020-01-19 Mascot Ceremony Women's Monobob (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–002.jpg

| caption = Greubel Poser in 2020

| full_name = Jamie Greubel Poser

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|11|9}}

| birth_place = Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.

| hometown = Newtown, Pennsylvania, U.S.{{cite news |url=https://whyy.org/articles/bucks-county-bobsledder-had-unlikely-path-to-bronze-medal/ |title=Bucks County bobsledder had unlikely path to bronze medal |work=WHYY |first=Peter |last=Crimmins |date=February 21, 2014 |quote=Jamie Greubel ... native of Newtown, Pa.}}{{cite news |url=https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/opinion/columns/2017/03/15/newtown-olympian-jamie-greubel-now/18184698007/ |title=Newtown Olympian Jamie Greubel now a star on the bobsled and TV |work=Bucks County Courier Times |first=Stuart |last=London |date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514220214/https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/opinion/columns/2017/03/15/newtown-olympian-jamie-greubel-now/18184698007/ |archive-date=May 14, 2025}}

| height = 5'9"

| spouse = {{married|Christian Poser|2014}}

| sport = Bobsleigh

| collegeteam =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Two-woman}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Königssee|Two-woman}}

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Jamie Greubel Poser (born November 9, 1983) née Greubel is an American bobsledder{{cite web |url=http://www.fibt.com/bobsleigh/athletes.html?athl_id=130528 |title=FIBT profile |publisher=Fibt.com |accessdate=February 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205092412/http://www.fibt.com/bobsleigh/athletes.html?athl_id=130528 |archivedate=February 5, 2014}} who won her first Bobsleigh World Cup medal in December 2012. She won the Bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Two-woman Bobsleigh event.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athlete/8b3ead51-3035-e934-798a-2310bf97b460 |title=NBC Olympics Profile |publisher=Nbcolympics.com |date=January 19, 2014}}

Greubel graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey in 2002 and Cornell University in 2006.{{cite news |title=Former Hun Star Athlete Greubel on Fast Tracking, Making U.S. Bobsled Team for Winter Olympics |work=Town Topics |date=January 29, 2014 |last=Alden |first=Bill |url=http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2014/01/29/former-hun-star-athlete-greubel-on-fast-track-making-u-s-bobsled-team-for-winter-olympics/ |accessdate=February 5, 2014}}{{cite news |title=Sochi Olympics: Meet eight New Jersey natives gunning for gold in Russia |work=Star-Ledger |date=February 4, 2014 |last=Politi |first=Steve |url=http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ssf/2014/02/sochi_olympics_meet_eight_new_jersey_natives_gunning_for_gold_in_russia.html |accessdate=February 5, 2014}} Greubel competed in field hockey and track in high school and was a heptathlete in college. She set Cornell records in the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon. She holds a master's degree in education.

Greubel took up bobsledding after graduating from college at the suggestion of one of her college track and field teammates. She first made the U.S. national bobsled team in 2007–2008 season Greubel started in the sport as a brakeman but switched over to pilot in 2010.

Personal life

Greubel became engaged to German bobsledder Christian Poser in April 2013.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sochi-2014?p=1 |title=TEAM USA'S IN LOVE WITH ITS COMPETITION…LITERALLY |date=February 13, 2014 |accessdate=February 19, 2014 |publisher=Team USA}} The couple married in the summer of 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2014/December/11/Veterans-Teach-Rookies-The-Ropes-In-Bobsled |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111060804/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2014/December/11/Veterans-Teach-Rookies-The-Ropes-In-Bobsled |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |title=Veterans Teach Rookies The Ropes In Bobsled |last1=Rosen |first1=Karen |date=11 December 2014 |website=United States Olympic Committee |accessdate=20 December 2014}}

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