Katie Uhlaender – going downhill really fast!

Former photography student, Katie Uhlaender is going downhill really fast! Katie went on to become one of the fastest women in the sport of Skeleton. She has won numerous places in the sport and finished sixth in the Women’s Skeleton event in the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy. 

If you have not seen this sport, think Luge…face first and face down!

You can watch Katie compete through the Universal Sports Channel. COVERAGE OF WORLD CUP OPENER FROM WINTERBERG:  World Cup coverage from Winterberg, Germany will be offered as same-day video on- demand starting on Friday, November 28-30 on UniversalSports.com.  Universal Sports TV will offer one-hour broadcasts on the following days (all times ET): Women’s Skeleton World Cup, Dec. 2, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Here are additional links for Katie: 

Wikipedia     •      NBC Sports     •       USA Today     •       Facebook     •       Skeleton Sport

Here are a few images I shot of Katie in the studio a few years ago as she was making her presence known.