title: Jill Bakken
text: Jill Bakken (born January 25, 1977) is an American Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 1994.  As the driver, she and partner Vonetta Flowers won the gold medal in Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics for the U.S. Bakken's best Bobsleigh World Cup season finish was second in the two-woman event in 1999–2000.  Bakken was a Specialist in the Utah Army National Guard and sponsored by the Army World Class Athlete Program at the time she won gold.
  
  Bakken is a graduate of Lake Washington High School and an alumna of Eastern Washington University, transferring there in 2005. She has also attended the University of Utah and Oregon State University, playing one season of soccer as a defender at the latter.
  
  Bakken is now a driving coach for the Canadian bobsleigh team and is married to Florian Linder who is also a coach for the Canadian bobsled team.
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002
  CNNSi.com February 20, 2002 article on Bakken and Flowers victory in the two-woman event.
  ESPN.com February 19, 2002 article on Bakken's gold.
  FIBT profile
  
  1977 births
  Living people
  American female bobsledders
  American military Olympians
  Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Eastern Washington University alumni
  Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
  Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon
  United States Army soldiers
  University of Utah alumni
  Utah National Guard personnel
  Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington
  Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  American women's soccer players
  Soccer players from Oregon
  Women's association football defenders
  Oregon State Beavers women's soccer players
  U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program