Jamie Greubel Poser (born November 9, 1983) née Greubel is an American

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der who won her first Bobsleigh World Cup medal in December 2012. She won the

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at the

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in the Two-woman Bobsleigh event. Greubel graduated from the

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in 2002 and

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in 2006. Greubel competed in field hockey and track in high school and was a heptathlete in college. She set Cornell records in the

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and indoor

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. 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. The couple married in the summer of 2014.

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at USA Bobsled-Skeleton * * * * 1983 births Living people American female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cornell University alumni Sportspeople from Arlington, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Princeton, New Jersey Hun School of Princeton alumni Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-bobsleigh-bio-stub