Bobsledder Elana Meyers: Win or Lose, 'I'm in this Sport to Glorify God' (Gospel

She is an American bobsledder who has competed in the sport since 2007. She won the silver in the bobsled two-woman event with Shauna Rohbock at the 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Named to the U.S. team in 2010, she along with Erin Pac won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. In 2013, she and brake-woman Katie Eberling won the silver at the FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. She is currently competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. 
 
Though she always dreamed of being an Olympian, it wasn't an easy road to get there. Before taking up bobsledding, she was the first softball recruit at George Washington University and quickly set nearly every offensive record. However, she said, "My sophomore year, our softball team was doing really badly and our season ended up getting canceled. So, that being the center of my life, I got really depressed. I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t know what my purpose was. I just started researching religions. Something inside of me told me I needed more than this." While reading a book about spiritual things over Christmas break, she became overwhelmed with emotion, and said of that time, "It hit me that Jesus is the way. I can’t explain it by anything other than that. It was so strong and powerful; I knew that I needed to change my life." When she returned to George Washington University, she began to understand what it means to be a Christ-follower. She joined Athletes in Action, began studying the Word, and growing in her faith. 

In 2003, she was invited to try out for the 2004 Olympic softball team but the experience did not go well; she says she "crashed and burned." After retiring in 2007, she took up bobsledding and she has worked hard to become one of the top female bobsledders in the country....