Freya Tarbit

Freya Tarbit
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 25)[1]
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportSkeleton
Turned pro2023
Medal record
Women's skeleton
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2026 St. Moritz Mixed team

Freya Tarbit (born 24 August 2000) is a British skeleton racer. She was a Junior World Championship bronze medalist in 2023, and a mixed team bronze medalist at the IBSF European Championships 2026. She was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career

Freya Tarbit is the daughter of Trevor and Julie Ann Tarbit (nee Hoare). She is from Ockbrook, Derbyshire, Tarbit competed as a long jumper prior to focussing on winter sports via the Discover Your Gold UK Sport talent ID campaign. She had first shown interest in the sport at the age of 14 years-old, when she applied for a taster session with the BBSA (British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association).[2][3]

Tarbit made her international debut in February 2021 when she placed fifth overall in the skeleton at the Europa Cup and European Championship race in Igls. The following year she was tenth overall at the 2022 Junior Worlds Championships in Igls.[4]

Tarbit won the Junior World Championship bronze medal in Winterberg in 2023, behind compatriot Tabitha Stoecker in silver.[5] She then won the overall women's skeleton title at the IBSF Europa Cup in February 2023,[6] and the Junior European Championship silver medal behind Stoecker.[7]

Stepping up to the senior level, competing in the 2024–25 Skeleton World Cup season Tarbit finished eighth overall.[2] She claimed her maiden World Cup win in Pyeongchang in November 2024 in her eleventh World Cup race, finishing 0.96 secs clear of Olympic champion Hannah Neise of Germany.[8] That month, she also finished third overall in the World Cup event in Yangqing.[9]

In the 2025-26 World Cup season, Tarbit had top-six finishes in Winterberg, Lillehammer and Sigulda.[10] She won the bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2026 European Championships in St. Moritz, alongside Jacob Salisbury, finishing ahead of fellow British competitors Marcus Wyatt and Amelia Coltman by one-hundredth of a second.[11]

Tarbit was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy,[12] where she finished seventh in the women's skeleton.[13] She then partnered Marcus Wyatt in the mixed team competition where the duo finished in fourth place, 0.01 seconds behind the bronze-medal position.[14]

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[15]

Olympic Games

Year Event Position Ref
Representing  Great Britain
Italy 2026 Milan Cortina Women's skeleton 7th [13]
Mixed team 4th [14]

World Championships

Event Women Skeleton
mixed team
United States 2025 Lake Placid 18th N/A

World Cup results

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Place
2022–23 Whistler
— 		Park City
— 		Lake Placid 2
— 		Winterberg 1
7 		Altenberg 1
— 		Altenberg 2
— 		Innsbruck 2
— 		Sigulda
— 		168 26th
2023–24 Yanqing
– 		La Plagne
14 		Innsbruck
21 		St. Moritz
28 		Lillehammer
16 		Sigulda
10 		Altenberg
20 		Lake Placid
15 		614 20th
2024–25 Pyeongchang 1
4 		Pyeongchang 2
1 		Yanqing
3 		Altenberg
21 		Sigulda
8 		Winterberg
13 		St. Moritz
17 		Lillehammer
14 		1159 8th
2025–26 Cortina
17 		Lillehammer
5 		Sigulda 1
25 		Sigulda 2
6 		Winterberg
6 		St. Moritz
12 		Altenberg
9 		N/a 944 11th

References

  1. ^ "Freya Tarbit". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Green, Peter (22 January 2026). "Freya to make Winter Olympics debut for Team GB". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Freya Tarbit". teamgb. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Freya Tarbit". thebbsa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Pain no barrier as Freya lands skeleton medal". derbytelegraph.co.uk. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  6. ^ Green (24 February 2023). "Now Tarbit takes Europa Cup title in skeleton". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  7. ^ "SEASON FINALE SKELETON EUROPEAN CUP AND JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN INNSBRUCK". ibsf.org. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Tarbit adds to GB skeleton World Cup gold rush". BBC Sport. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  9. ^ "GB's Weston pipped to skeleton gold in Beijing". BBC Sport. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Tarbit Sixth & Men's Race Off". thebbsa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Medal success for Bath-based British Skeleton team in Switzerland". Bath Echo. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Team GB's top gold medal hope at Winter Olympics? Matt Weston 'couldn't have wished for better season'". ESPN. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  13. ^ a b Anita, Chambers (14 February 2026). "Tabby Stoecker unable to emulate Matt Weston as she misses out on skeleton medal". SomersetLive. Archived from the original on 15 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  14. ^ a b Anderson, Jess (15 February 2026). "Weston & Stoecker win GB's second gold of day". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  15. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Freya Tarbit". www.ibsf.org. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

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