Kelly Curtis cycled through a variety of jobs on her journey to becoming the first Black American skeleton racer at the Olympics. “My favorite was background acting,” Curtis once told Air ...

Kelly Curtis, of United States, finishes the women's skeleton run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Curtis is ...

Kelly Curtis is quick to acknowledge this sport is "crazy." That doesn't make her love it any less. The event has been a mainstay at the Winter Games since 2002.

Kelly Curtis grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, playing basketball and running track; now, she’s the first Black woman to compete in the Skeleton for the U.S. Olympic team. For those unfamiliar ...

Kelly Curtis of the United States speeds down the track during the woman Skeleton World Cup race in Sigulda, Latvia, on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov) AP AP.

Kelly Curtis became the first Black athlete to compete for Team USA in skeleton at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 11. She is also the only member of the US Air Force to compete in Beijing.