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{{short description|American bobsledder}}
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| name = Jill Bakken
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| caption = Bakken in 2002
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|1|25}}
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| birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
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”’Jill Bakken”’ (born January 25, 1977
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”’Jill Bakken”’ (born January 25, 1977) is an [[United States|American]] Olympic [[bobsled]]der 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 [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|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 [[US Army World Class Athlete Program|Army World Class Athlete Program]] at the time she won gold.<ref>{{citation|url=http://osd.dtic.mil/news/Feb2002/n02202002_200202202.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212231013/http://osd.dtic.mil/news/Feb2002/n02202002_200202202.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2012|title=National Guard Bobsledder Jill Bakken Wins Olympic Gold|publisher=United States Department of Defense|date=February 27, 2002}}</ref>
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Bakken is a graduate of [[Lake Washington High School]]<ref>[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020323&slug=bobsled23m “Back-to-school time for gold medalist Jill Bakken”], Seattle Times, March 23, 2002</ref> 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 (association football)|defender]] at the latter.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0204/sports.html |title = Former soccer player earns gold |work = The Oregon State University Alumni Association |date = April 2002 |accessdate = 2007-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060831014049/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0204/sports.html |archive-date = 2006-08-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/6/17/2020_Women_s_Soccer_History_and_Records.pdf |title=2020 Oregon State Women’s Soccer History and Records |work=[[Oregon State Beavers]] |format=PDF |page=10 |date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228194342/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/6/17/2020_Women_s_Soccer_History_and_Records.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
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Bakken is a graduate of [[Lake Washington High School]]<ref>[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020323&slug=bobsled23m “Back-to-school time for gold medalist Jill Bakken”], Seattle Times, March 23, 2002</ref>
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and an alumna of [[Eastern Washington University]], transferring there in 2005. She has also attended the [[University of Utah]] and [[Oregon State University]], where she played [[soccer]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0204/sports.html |title = Former soccer player earns gold |work = The Oregon State University Alumni Association |date = April 2002 |accessdate = 2007-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060831014049/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0204/sports.html |archive-date = 2006-08-31 }}</ref>
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Bakken is now a driving coach for the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[bobsleigh]] team and is married to Florian Linder who is also a coach for the Canadian bobsled team.
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Bakken is now a driving coach for the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[bobsleigh]] team and is married to Florian Linder who is also a coach for the Canadian bobsled team.
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[[Category:Eastern Washington University alumni]]
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[[Category:Eastern Washington University alumni]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon]]
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[[Category:United States Army soldiers]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
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[[Category:American women’s soccer players]]
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[[Category:Soccer players from Oregon]]
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[[Category:Association football defenders]]
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[[Category:Oregon State Beavers women’s soccer players]]
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