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'''Michelle Steele''' (born 8 March 1986) is an Australian [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who has competed since 2004. She finished 13th in the women's skeleton event at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]].

Steele's best finish at the [[FIBT World Championships]] was sixth in the women's skeleton event at [[St. Moritz]] in [[FIBT World Championships 2007|2007]]. Her best finish in the World Cup was 3rd at Calgary in 2013.

She used to be a [[surf lifesaving]] athlete, and a level nine [[gymnast]]. Steele's surf lifesaving highlights including coming fourth in the open women's beach flags at the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships in 2004, and being Queensland State Champion in open and under 19 beach flag events.

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==External links==
* {{IBSF|100544|Michelle Steele}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|michelle-steele}}
* {{AOC profile|michelle-steele}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|st/michelle-steele-1}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107143657/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/aus/Michelle+Steele/600717 |date=7 January 2007 |title=Michelle Steele: Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130202104430/http://www.skeletonsport.com/personal/?contactid=1490 |date=2 February 2013 |title=Skeletonsport.com profile}}
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/2006w/Skeleton_Women.html 2006 women's skeleton results (todor66.com)]

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian female skeleton racers]]
[[Category:Olympic skeleton racers for Australia]]
[[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Gladstone, Queensland]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Queensland]]


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