Katharine Margaret May Eustace (born 16 April 1975) is a New Zealand

skeleton racer Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance o ...

who represented her country at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

. Eustace took up skeleton in 2007. She was born and raised in the United Kingdom. She has competed in international events in Canada, the United States and Europe. She placed fifth at the Intercontinental Cup in Cesana, Italy in 2009 and seventh in the America's Cup in Calgary. Eustace was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, England, and studied at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

. She first visited New Zealand on a one-year holiday in 2002, and works as a physiotherapist in

Wānaka Wānaka () is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. Wānaka ...

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* 1975 births Living people Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for New Zealand New Zealand female skeleton racers University of Otago alumni 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Sportspeople from Bristol British emigrants to New Zealand Alumni of the University of Birmingham New Zealand physiotherapists People from Wānaka {{skeleton-bio-stub