Adele Nicoll

About Adele

Adele Nicoll is a British bobsleigh athlete and three-time British Champion shot putter selected to represent Team GB at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. She is set to become the first British woman to compete in the Olympic monobob event, following sustained success on the international bobsleigh circuit.

In bobsleigh, Adele is Great Britain's number one athlete in both the two-woman and monobob disciplines. She has won two World Cup silver medals and multiple Europa Cup medals, establishing herself as the leading British performer through consistent results at the highest level of international competition.

Alongside bobsleigh, Adele continues to compete in shot put, where she has secured three British Championship titles. Away from competition, she founded the Adele Nicoll Academy, supporting young athletes through coaching, camps, and mindset-focused development.

Olympic Debut

Beijing 2022

Dual Sport

Bobsleigh & Shot Put

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Competition Schedule

Winter Olympic 2026 events can be watched live on BBC iPlayer and Discovery+.

FEB 15, 09:00 & 10:50 (GMT)

Winter Olympics

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Monobob Heat 1 & 2

Heat 1 and 2 are the opening runs, where athletes compete alone, pushing, driving, and braking their sled, setting combined times to qualify and determine order for the decisive Heat 3 and 4.

FEB 16, 18:00 & 20:06 (GMT)

Winter Olympics

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Monobob Heat 2 & 3 (Final)

The final heats deliver pure adrenaline as solo athletes push, drive, and brake identical sleds, battling gravity and precision. Combined times decide the medals in this high-stakes monobob showdown.

FEB 20, 17:00 & 18:50 (GMT)

Winter Olympics

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Two Woman Bobsleigh Heat 1 & 2

Heat 1 and 2 open the medal race on the 1,650-metre Milan Cortina track, dropping 110 meters through 16 corners at speeds over 130 km/h, where driver and brake-woman fight for qualification and momentum into the final.

FEB 21, 18:00 & 20:05 (GMT)

Winter Olympics

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Two Woman Bobsleigh Heat 2 & 3 (Final)

This is what it all comes down to. The final heats, with only a handful of sleds left. Adele, renowned for her driving ability, faces a full-throttle showdown against the world's best teams, where medals are decided by nerve, precision, and pure speed.