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Alexandra Burghardt (Germany, 27, bobsleigh; 100m, 4x100m relay)

Alexandra Burghardt shares a similar career path with Douglas.

Burghardt, a semifinalist at Tokyo 2020 in the women's 100m, is representing Germany in bobsleigh at Beijing 2022.

Discovering her love for athletics at a young age, Burghardt competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2011 World Under-18 Athletics Championships. She won gold in both 100m and 200m at the 2021 German championships.

Burghardt had previously turned down requests to try out as a brake-woman until last year. She began her bobsleigh journey just after Tokyo 2020, where she ran in the 100m and 4x100m events.

"Sometimes I feel like a double agent!" she said. "It's quite stressful and if you want to compete at a high level in both things for more than just four months－like I am doing right now－then I think it might get a little bit too much."

Burghardt showed she is not just along for the ride in bobsleigh, winning silver medals along with her pilot, Mariama Jamankaat, at World Cup meets in Winterberg and Altenberg, both in Germany.