Mellisa Hollingsworth (born October 4, 1980) is a retired

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athlete who competed from 1995 to 2014. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the

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. Hollingsworth also won a silver in the women's skeleton event at the 2000 FIBT World Championships in

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. She won the women's

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overall title both in 2005–06 and in 2009–10. Hollingsworth is the cousin of

Ryan Davenport Ryan Davenport is a Canadian skeleton (sport), skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 1999. He won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (FIBT World Championships 1996, 1996, FIBT World Cha ...

, who won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the

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in the late 1990s. Hollingsworth participated in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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, British Columbia. After three runs, she was in second position behind

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of Great Britain. However, in the final run, despite a personal best start time of 4.93 seconds, Hollingsworth fell behind and ended up finishing fifth overall. Hollingsworth retired after participating in the

2014 Winter Olympic Games , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in Sochi, Russia. In summer 2018, Hollingsworth competed on '' The Amazing Race Canada: Heroes Edition'' with barrel racer Nancy Csabay. They finished in 5th place.

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Picture of Davenport and Hollingsworth (davenportsleds.ca)
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* 1980 births Sportspeople from Alberta Canadian female skeleton racers Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic skeleton racers of Canada Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in skeleton Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics The Amazing Race Canada contestants People from Lacombe, Alberta {{Skeleton-bio-stub