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Meet the 2018 U.S. Olympic bobsled team

Lauren Gibbs

Lauren Gibbs
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  • Birth date3/02/1984
  • BirthplaceCA
  • HometownLos Angeles, CA
  • ResidenceCO

Biography

Gibbs had a decorated career as a volleyball player at Brown University, where she was a captain and All-Ivy League performer. She was introduced to bobsled by Jillion Potter, who played rugby for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics. Gibbs is now a U.S. bobsled push athlete.

Getting to know Lauren Gibbs

1

Gibbs played three sports in high school: soccer, volleyball and track and field.

2

She has work experience in sales for companies including Vector Marketing and ADT Security Services.

3

She compares riding in a bobsled to the being in airplane with really bad turbulence.

Aja Evans

Aja Evans
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  • Birth date5/12/1988
  • BirthplaceChicago, IL, IL
  • HometownChicago, IL
  • ResidenceChicago, IL, IL
  • Height/Weight5’10″/ 169 lbs
  • Olympics2014

Biography

Evans was a track and field athlete at the University of Illinois, where she broke the indoor and outdoor shot put school records. When she failed to make the 2008 U.S. Olympic track and field team, a coach suggested she try bobsled. She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the United States as a brakeman with pilot Jamie Greubel Poser. She attempted to qualify for the Rio Olympics in heptathlon, but injured her knee and decided to return to bobsled.

Getting to know Aja Evans

1

Evans threw the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox in 2014. She asked her uncle, former MLB outfielder Gary Matthews, for advice.

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She shed her clothes for ESPN the Magazine’s annual Body Issue.

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Her father, Fred, was the first African-American swimmer to win a collegiate national title.