She won three medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (2000, 2001) and a bronze (2004).

Prahm, then known by her maiden name of Jean Racine, won the Bobsleigh World Cup season title in the two-woman event both in 1999-2000 and 2000–1.

Earned the nickname "mean jean" after kicking off her bobsled partner just prior to the 2002 Olympics.

[1] A native of Waterford, Michigan, Prahm is also a business major at the University of Utah and is pursuing a singing career.

Today, Prahm lives in North Liberty, Iowa with her husband and three children.