5 questions with Canadian Olympian Hallie Clarke
Global News
The youngest woman to win a world championship in skeleton will make her Olympic debut and represent Canada at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
The youngest woman to win a world championship in skeleton will make her Olympic debut and represent Canada at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Canada’s Hallie Clarke was just 19 when she claimed the women’s world title in Winterberg, Germany, in 2024.
When Clarke won the world junior women’s championship a year later, she was the first to hold both titles at the same time.
Women’s skeleton starts Friday with the first two heats, followed by Saturday’s two heats when the Olympic champion will be crowned.
Clarke’s father, Wayne, was an NHL draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1992.
Her mother, Kelly, was a figure skater and is now a power skating coach.
Clarke was once a figure skater but eventually chose a different type of ice sport with very different blades.
The 21-year-old from Brighton, Ont., talked about her skeleton career with The Canadian Press (this interview has been edited and condensed for space):
