Shelley Rudman will shrug off the vagaries of fleeting fame to concentrate on consolidating her Olympic silver medal in the next World Cup skeleton season.

Rudman will return home to a different world when she steps off the plane from Turin on Monday to be met by a battery of media eager to quiz Great Britain's 2006 Winter Games success story.

But despite already snapping up a showbiz agent and preparing for another round of television interviews, the unassuming 24-year-old insists she does not expect to remain a household name.

Rudman said: "I am not a big star and I have got to keep my feet on the ground - I expect there will be a little bit of hype when I get home because I am the only medal winner.

"But with regard to that I am not Kelly Holmes - I have not brought home two gold medals from the summer Games - so I think I have got to be a little bit realistic there."

Rudman's priority remains building on her first top-level podium finish by establishing herself as a regular top-five finisher with the long-term aim of going one better in Vancouver in 2010.

With rivals including gold medallist Maya Pedersen and fourth-placed German Diana Sartor considering starting families, Rudman could begin the next season in pole position.

"I have to set my goals for next year and really aim for the World Championships and the World Cup circuit and then hopefully gold in Vancouver," Rudman added.

"Skeleton is such an exciting sport and the top three does change around a lot because your margin of error is really thin. If I get into the top five more consistently I think I will prove myself."

But Rudman is adamant the public interest which will pursue her and her boyfriend Kristan Bromley, who placed fifth in the men's event, will not unduly change her outlook.

World-class performance funding will ease her financial burden but Rudman is still not convinced about giving up her part-time job as a classroom assistant.

She added: "I am not sure about that because I really enjoy working with children and helping them to accomplish things in their career."

For now the memories of Great Britain's sole Turin medal burn brightly enough for Rudman to enjoy the limelight. Next up is an open-top bus ride around her home village of Pewsey.

Rudman said: "That should be really funny because Pewsey is so small so it will not take long. The next two weeks are going to be very busy because of things that have been set up.

"Then I am just going to relax and have some time to go on holiday and completely chill and collect my thoughts together. I have enjoyed the atmosphere and now I will get back into normal-person mode."