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MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES SKELETON – Lake Placid, USA

16-17 December 2016

MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - SKELETON WOMENBMW IBSF World Cup 2 - Lake Placid, USA - 16-17 Dec 2016


NARRACOTT, Jaclyn

05.11. 1990 - Brisbane

167 cm - 62 kg

AUS Results/Ergebnisse

OWG:

WCh 2015: 16th

Best in WCup: 7th (Jan 2016, Lake Placid)

Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 15


Info/Facts

Her uncle Paul Narracott competed at the 1984

Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (100 and 200 m)

and entered the 1992 Winter Olympics in

Albertville, France, as a brakeman for bobsleigh

pilot Glenn Turner

FLOCK, Janine

25.07.1989 - Hall in Tirol

174 cm - 63 kg

AUT Results/Ergebnisse

OWG 2014: 9th

WCh 2016: Silver

ECh 2014, 2016: Gold (2015: Silver, 2013: Bronze)

Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 15, St. Moritz)




Info/Facts

Best female Austrian Skeleton pilot ever

Occupation: Army athlete

Education: office clerk

Hobbies : Nature, kite surfing, diving

Was injured in summer 2015: dislocated kneecap

MEYLEMANS, Kim

07.03.1996 - Amberg

BEL Results/Ergebnisse

OWG:

WCh 2016: 14th

ECh 2016: 14th



Info/Facts

Born in Germany, Belgian parents

started for GER until 14-15 season

Four Top-Ten finishes in her rookie World Cup

season 2015-2016

Works with an international team called "Badass

Skeleton Team", coached by Austrian Martin Rettl

(2001 World Champion and 2002 Olympic silver)

CHANNELL, Jane

23.08.1988 - North Vancouver

168 cm - 65 kg

CAN Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2015: 4th



Info/Facts:

Occupation: Accounting

Former Sports: Track & Field, Softball

RAHNEVA, Mirela

26.07.1988

165 cm - 68 kg


OWG

WCh

Overall World Cup 2015-2016: -


Info/Facts

Born in Bulgaria, moved to Canada with her

parents aged 10

Has a commerce degree in tourism management,

works as caterer at Canada Olympic Parc next to

the Calgary icetrack

Her father Stoyan was a competitive acrobatic

gymnast

Former Sports: RugbyVATHJE, Elisabeth

17.03.1994 - Calgary

176 cm - 69 kg


OWG: -

WCh 2015: Bronze

JWCh 2014: Silver



Info/Facts

Her grandparents live in the Netherlands, she

occasionally spents a few days there.

3 silver and a gold in her World Cup rookie season

2014/2015

MONTEJANO, Maria

18.07.1986 - Asturias

165 cm - 56 kg

ESP Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2015: 23rd

ECh 2016: 15th

Overall World Cup 2015-2016:


Info/Facts




Student

World Cup Rookie 2016/2017

DEAS, Laura

19. 08. 1988 - Wrexham

169 cm - 65 kg

GBR Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2015: 7th

ECh 2016: 5th




Info/Facts

Never trained in a gym before started skeleton

Former sports: Eventing (equestrian)

Played Hockes for North Wales and was Captain of

the Wales tetrathlon team at international

competitions.

YARNOLD, Lizzy

30. 10. 1988 - Maidstone

172 cm - 75 kg

GBR Results/Ergebnisse

OWG 2014: Gold

WCh 2015: Gold (2012: Bronze)

JWCh 2012: Gold (2011: Silver)

ECh 2015: Gold

Overall World Cup 2014: 1 (2015: 2)



Info/Facts

Entered the 2011/2012 World Cup circuit to

replace 2010 Olympic Champion Amy Williams,

who retired after an injury, and succeded her 2014

as Olympic Champion.

"I am a competitor, I'm not ashamed to win!"

Took a year off in the 2015-2016 season.

Married in summer 2016.

FERNSTÄDT, Anna

23.11.1996 - Prague (CZE)

169 cm - 68 kg

GER Results/Ergebnisse

OWG

WCh

JWCh 2016: Bronze

ECh



Info/Facts

Occupation: police trainee

Overall winner of 2014 European Cup

Won one European Cup and two Intercontinenetal

Cup races this season

World Cup rookie 2016/2017

HERMANN, Tina

05. 03. 1992 - Köln

170 cm - 60 kg


OWG: -

WCh 2016: Gold

ECh 2016: Silver



Info/Facts

Federal police trainee

Four victories and two times second in seven

World Cup races in season 2015/2016 season

LÖLLING, Jacqueline

06.02.1995 - Brachbach

176 cm -65 kg


OWG: -

YOG 2012: Gold

WCh 2015: Silver

ECh 2016: 4th



Info/Facts

In Innsbruck, she became the first ever Youth

Olympic Champion in skeleton in 2012

Got her ticket to 2015 WCh by winning Junior WCh

- and took a surprising silver medal in Winterberg.

Finished her first World Cup season ranked second -

without World Cup victory so far

Her nickname is "Jacka"



TANNENBAUM, Katie

13.05.1985

164 cm - 58 kg

ISV Results/Ergebnisse

OWG:

WCh 2015, 2016: 25th




Info/Facts

Instuctor of Mathematics at the University of the

Virgin Islands, 2014/2015 was her first season in

World Cup

Loves Rock'n'Roll and Avocados




2015-2016 was her rookie season in World Cup OGUCHI, Takako

08.08.1984 - Wajima

161 cm - 60 kg

JPN Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2016: 23th

Best in Wcup: 13th




Info/Facts

Married in summer 2015, maiden name Omukai

Loves her mothers special Miso soup

trains with Austrian head coach Michael

Grünberger

MUN, Rayoung

28.02.1996

163 cm - 56 kg

KOR Results/Ergebnisse

OWG

WCh

JWCh



Info/Facts

First female skeleton athlete from Korea in BMW IBSF

World Cup

Won the second NAC race in Calgary in November

PRIEDULENA, Lelde

20.07.1993 - Sigulda

163 cm - 57 kg

LAT Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2016: 12th

JWCh 2016: Gold



Info/Facts

At her very first race, the skeleton sled fippped and

went down without her.

First ever Latvian skeleton athlete to win Junior

World Championships Gold in 2016

Narrowly missed the World Cup podium twice in

2015-2016, finishing fourth in both Königssee

races

BOS, Kimberley

07.10.1993 - Ede

170 cm - 70 kg

NED Results/Ergebnisse

OWG

YOG 2012: Bronze (Bobsleigh!)

WCh 2016: 8th

JWCh 2016: Silver



Info/Facts

Former bobsleigh pilot, was bronze medallist at

2012 Youth Olympic Games

Won one North American Cup and two

Intercontinenetal Cup races this season

World Cup rookie 2016/2017

Student (Physiotherapy)

LE CONTE, Joska

29.09.1987 - Zeist

172 cm - 70 kg

NED Results/Ergebnisse

OWG:-

WCh 2015: 15th

JWCh 2010: 5th

ECh 2012: 5th (2016: 6th)

Best in WCup: 7th

Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 11



Info/Facts

Works for the Dutch Motorbike Federation

Former sports: pole vault




KANAKINA, Yulia

11.12.1995 - Krasnoyarsk

RUS Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh 2016: 20th

JWCh 2016: 4th

ECh 2016: 12th



Info/Facts

Favorite Food: Chocolate, fruit

Favorite Vacation Destination: Thailand

Former Sporting Career: Ballet

NIKITINA, Elena

02.11.1992 - Moskow

167 cm - 55 kg


OWG 2014: Bronze

WCh 2016: Bronze

JWCh 2013: Gold

ECh 2013: Gold

Best in WCup: 1st (Jan13, Igls)



Info/Facts

Former sports: soccer

ORLOVA, Maria

14.04.1988

168 cm - 68 kg


OWG 2014: 5th

WCh 2015: 11th

Best in WCup: 1st (Jan15, Altenberg)

Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 12



Info/Facts

Full time athlete

loves holiday at the beach

GILARDONI, Marina

04.03.1987 - Goldingen

165 cm - 65 kg

SUI Results/Ergebnisse

Results/Ergebnisse

OWG 2014: 18th

WCh 2016: 4th

ECh 2016: Bronze

Best in WCup: 2nd(Jan 16, Lake Placid)



Info/Facts

Former bobsleigh push athlete: Junior World

Champion 2008 and 2010

One of the fastet starters in the field, holds several

track records

had her best season so far in 2015-2016 World

Cup with her first four podium finishes

GRAYBILL, Savannah

25. 04. 1988 - Denver

168 cm -72 kg

USA Results/Ergebnisse

OWG: -

WCh: -


Overall World Cup 2015-2016:-


Info/Facts

tested out the sport of bobsled before deciding to

make the switch to skeleton

former sports: field hockey

sings to herself when waiting at the starting line of

the track - a different song at each track

she has a twin brother, who also tried out skeleton

for one year

O'SHEA, Annie

05. 09. 1988 - Port Jefferson Station

165 cm - 59 kg


OWG: -

WCh 2016: 5th

Best in Wcup: 1st (Jan 16, Lake Placid)



Info/Facts

Celebrated her first World Cup victory in

2015/2016 season (Lake Placid)

MBA student

Friends say she has an evil laugh when something

is really funny

WESENBERG, Kendall

23. 08. 1990 - Castro Valley


OWG: -

WCh 2016: 15th



Info/Facts

World Cup and World Championships rookie in the

2015-2016 season.

Former sports: soccer



World Cup schedule Lake Placid / Weltcup-Zeitplan Lake Placid

Winners / Sieger BMW IBSF World Cup 2016/2017

Skeleton Women

Skeleton Frauen

Skeleton Men

Skeleton Männer

Women's Bob

Zweierbob Frauen

Two Man Bob

Zweierbob Männer

Four Man Bob

Viererbob

1. Whistler (CAN)

Dec 2-3, 2016

VATHJE, Elisabeth (CAN) YUN, Sungbin (KOR) HUMPHRIES, Kaillie (CAN)

APPIAH, Cynthia

FRIEDRICH, Francesco (GER)

MARGIS, Thorsten

KASJANOV, Alexander (RUS)

ZAITSEV Alexey

PUSHKAREV Aleksei

BELUGIN Maxim

2. Lake Placid (USA)

Dec 16-17, 2016

3. Altenberg (GER)

Jan 6-8, 2017

4. Winterberg (GER) + ECh/EM

Jan 13-15, 2017

5. St. Moritz (SUI)

Jan 20-22, 2017

6. Königssee (GER)

Jan 27-29, 2017

7. Innsbruck (AUT)

Feb 3-5, 2017

8. PyeongChang (KOR)

Mar 17-19, 2017

Leaders Overall World Cup

Führende Gesamt-Weltcup

VATHJE, Elisabeth (CAN)

225 points/Punkte

YUN, Sungbin (KOR)

225 points/Punkte

HUMPHRIES, Kaillie (CAN)

225 points/Punkte

FRIEDRICH, Francesco (GER)

225 points/Punkte

KASJANOV, Alexander (RUS)

225 points/Punkte

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FARROW, John

18.02.1982

190 cm - 88 kg

AUS OWG 2014: 17th

WCh 2015: 27th




Info/Facts

Downhill MTB racer

Damaged his knee and leg while warming

up during training in Lake Placid in 2011

Suffered nerve damage causing a

condition called foot drop - used a

special foot brace to support his affected

foot during training for a while

AUER, Alexander

23.03.1991 - Innsbruck

178 cm - 83 kg

AUT Ergebnisse/Results

OWG: -

WCh 2016: 18th



Info/Facts

Son of former Austrian skeleton athlete

Christian Auer, the 1991 World Champion

Younger brother Florian also competes in

skeleton

GUGGENBERGER, Matthias

24.09.1984 -

179 cm - 72 kg

AUT Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2010: 8th (2014: 14th)

WCh 2012: 18th

ECh 2007: 6th

Best in WCup: 3rd (Jan 12, Königssee)



Info/Facts

Hobbies: Golf, climbing, mountainbike

Occupation: Army athlete / trained

dental technician

Former Sports: luge

BOYER, Kevin

24.04.1993

176 cm - 84 kg

CAN Ergebnisse/Results

OWG

WCh



Info/Facts

Student

former sports: baseball, hockey

World Cup rookie

several podium placings in North

American Cup and Europe Cup in the

2014/2015 season

GRESZCZYSZYN, Dave

18.09.1979 - Toronto

193 cm - 108 kg


OWG:

WCh 2015: 11th

Best in Wcup: 5th (Jan 16, Whistler)



Info/Facts

At one World Cup, he raced with the

portrait of his grandfather under his sled,

who turned 100 at race day

Former Rugby player

Occupation: teacher

MARTINEAU, Barrett

04.09.1991 - Calgary

178 cm - 80kg


OWG:

WCh 2016: 19th

Best in Wcup: 8th



Info/Facts

His helmet is painted with a bear's face,

referring to his nickname "Bear"

Occupation: Ski jumping coach

Was forejumper at the 2010 Olympic

Winter Games

MIRAMBELL, Ander

17.02.1983

183 cm - 82 kg

ESP Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: 26th

WCh 2016: 27th

ECh 2009, 2010: 15th

Best in WCup: 14th (Nov. '10, Whistler)



Info/Facts

Studying Sports Science.

Trains with Espanyol - Barcelona’s ‘other’

team. Is also Espanyol-Ambassador.

Wrote a book about his journey to Sochi

Works with an international team called

"Badass Skeleton Team", coached by

Austrian Martin Rettl (2001 World

Champion and 2002 Olympic silver)

PARSONS, Dominic Edward

08.09.1987 - London

GBR Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: 10th

JWCh 2009, 2010: 4th

WCh 2015: 7th

Best in WCup: 3rd (Nov13, Calgary)



Info/Facts

Former track and field athlete (400 m)

Studies Advanced Engine Technology

THOMAS, Jack

19.05.1990

GBR Ergebnisse/Results

OWG:

WCh:



Info/Facts

The 2015-2016 final in Königssee was his

World Cup debut.

Former Occupation: Plumber

Former Sports: Track & Field

GASSNER, Alexander

09.08.1989

173 cm - 83 kg

GER Ergebnisse/Results

OWG

WCh 2012: 7th

JWCh 2010: Gold

ECh 2012: 5th

Best in World Cup: 5th (Jan 2012, Al tenberg)

Overall World Cup 2012: 6th



Info/Facts

Born in Romania, moved to Germany

with his parents at age three.

Changed his birth name "Gasznar" to the

easier version "Gassner" in 2011.

former sports: track&field

Overall winner of 2008 Europe Cup and of

2011 Intercontinental Cup

Last World Cup Race before Whistler:

January 2014

GROTHEER, Christopher

31.07.1992 - Wernigerode

179 cm - 78 kg


OWG:

JWCh 2012: Silver

WCh 2015: 5th

Best in WCup: 3rd



Info/Facts

Former ski jumper

Occupation: German Federal Police

Loves Soccer, books and motorbikes

JUNGK, Axel

05.03.1991 - Zschopau

183 cm - 78 kg


OWG: -

WCh 2016: 4th

JWCh 2012: Gold




Info/Facts

In 2014/2015 World Cup he finished third

overall - without a single podium finish.

Celebrated his first podium in

Winterberg in November 2015

Team World Champion with GER in

Winterberg and Innsbruck

Former ski jumper

Occupation: German Federal Police



CECCHINI, Joseph Luke

25.05.1982 - Trail (CAN)

180 cm - 88 kg

ITA Ergebnisse/Results

OWG: -

WCh 2015: 26th

Best in Wcup: 12th (Feb 15, Sochi)




Info/Facts

Canadian-born from Italian roots.

Speaks almost no Italian.

Full-time Calgary Police Officer.

GASPARI, Mattia

14.09.1993 - Pieve de Cadore

175 cm - 75 kg

ITA Ergebnisse/Results

OWG:

WCh 2016: 15th

Best in Wcup: 8th


Overall World Cup 2016-2017:

Info/Facts

Student

Born in Cortina d'Ampezzo, site of 1956

Olympic Winter Games and of multiple

World Championships in Bobsleigh

TAKAHASHI, Hiroatsu

13.04.1984 - Tomiya

175 cm - 83 kg

JPN Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2010: 8th

WCh 2015: 14th

Best in WCup: 7th (Jan15, Altenberg)



Info/Facts

Former Baseball player

His son Kohei was born 2013

M-Project sled (Japanese)

LEE, Hansin

27.09.1988 - Jinan

177 cm - 80 kg

KOR Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: 24th

WCh 2016: 21st



Info/Facts

Full-time athlete

YUN, Sungbin

23.05.1994 - Jinju

178 cm - 85 kg

KOR Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: 16th

WCh 2016: Bronze

Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 16, St. Moritz)



Info/Facts

celebrated the first ever podium placing

(Calgary, Dec 2014) and World Cup victory

(Jan 2016, St. Moritz) for Korea

Student

Loves Music of British singer Adele

DUKURS, Martins

31.03.1984 - Sigulda

178 cm - 72 kg

LAT Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2010, 2014: Silver

WCh 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016: Gold (2013:

Silver)

ECh 2010-2016: Gold (2016 tied with Tomass

Dukurs)

Overall WCup 2010 - 2016: 1st



Info/Facts

The most successful skeleton slider,

winning four World and seven European

titels as well as seven Overall World

Cups.

Only Olympic Gold is missing in his

collection so far: he finished second in

2010 and 2014.

Latvia had 45 World Cup wins in skeleton

at the start of the 16-17 season - of which

44 from Martins.

Latvian Sliders all have a huge fan base

DUKURS, Tomass

02.07.1981 - Sigulda

186 cm - 83 kg

LAT Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2010, 2014: 4th

WCh 2015: Bronze

ECh 2016: Gold (tied with Martins Dukurs)

(2007, 2015: Bronze)

Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 2004, Sigulda)



Info/Facts

Won the first-ever World Cup race for

Latvia (2004 in Sigulda) - his only victory

in World Cup so far.

Captured the Olympic track record in

Whistler (CAN), that was previously

unbeaten for six years

Martins is his younger brother, his father

Dainis one of the coaches.

THORNBURY, Rhys

15.01.1990 - Viveash

NZL Ergebnisse/Results

OWG:

WCh 2016: 24th

Best in WCup: 16th



Info/Facts

Born in Australia, New Zealand roots.

Moved to Great Britain as a child.

Works as weapon technician for the

Royal Air Force

TREGYBOV, Nikita


187 cm - 89 kg

RUS Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: 6th

WCh 2015, 2016: 5th

JWCh 2015, 2016: Gold

Best in WCup: 3rd



Info/Facts

Full-time athlete

Favourite athlete is Skeleton teammate

Anastasia Novikova

TRETYAKOV, Alexander


184 cm - 72 kg


OWG 2014: Gold (2010: Bronze)

WCh 2013: Gold (2011, 2015, 2016 Silver)

ECh 2007: Gold (2015: Silver)

Overall Wcup 2008/2009: 1st




Info/Facts

One of the few athletes to beat Martins

Dukurs in the last years.

Loves rock mucis, Russian food and the

"Game of Thrones" fantasy TV series

VESELOV, Egor

16.06.1993

177 cm - 80 kg


OWG

WCh



Info/Facts

Former Sports: wrestling

Loves Russian food and classic Russian

literature

World Cup Rookie 2016/2017

AUDERSET, Ronald

19.12.1989

SUI Ergebnisse/Results

OWG:

WCh 2016: 23th



Info/Facts

Mechanical Engineering

student/scientific staff member UAS

Freiburg

Hobbies: Sailing, floorball, handicraft



ROHRER, Marco

15.07.1987

SUI Ergebnisse/Results

OWG:

WCh 2015: 17th



Info/Facts

4th of Swiss Indoor Champonships 2012,

60m.

Competed against a Racing Greyhound

for the German TV Show "Galileo" - and

lost by a mile.

ANTOINE, Matthew

02.04.1985 - Prairie du Chien

192 cm - 92 kg

USA Ergebnisse/Results

OWG 2014: Bronze

WCh 2012: 5th

Best in WCup: 1st (Dec13, Lake Placid)




Info/Facts

Raced Go-Karts before

Applied to USABS after watching 2002

Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City

(USA)

CRUMPTON, Nathan

09.10.1985 - Nairobi

182 cm - 79 kg


OWG:

WCh 2016: 8th

Best in WCup: 5th (Jan 16, Park City )



Info/Facts

2015-2016 was his rookie World Cup

season, finished 5th in Park City and 7th

in Whistler

Athlete, fitness & lifestyle model and

professional photographer

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, moved to

Geneva, Switzerland, aged 5. Also lived

in Harare, Zimbabwe and Canberra,

Australia and of course USA

TRESS, Kyle

29.05.1981 - Ewing

183 cm - 82 kg


OWG 2014: 21st

WCh 2015: 17th




Info/Facts

Former baseball and basketball athlete

Watched 2002 Olympic Winter Games in

Salt Lake City, found US skeleton and

"never left"

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