Eric Neilson (skeleton racer)
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| Nickname | Face Man[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1981 Lethbridge, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Duff Gibson[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | Sochi Olympics 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | 2009 Europa Cup #5, Igls, AUT: 2
2009 Europa Cup #8, St. Moritz, SUI: 3 2008 Europa Cup #4, Alternberg, GER: 3 2010 - Intercontinental Cup #2, Altenberg, GER: DNF 2010 - Intercontinental Cup #1, Winterberg, GER: 9 2010 - Europa Cup #8, St. Moritz, SUI: 3 2010 - Europa Cup #7, Cesana, ITA: 9 2009 - Europa Cup #6, Igls, AUT: 4 2009 - Europa Cup #5, Igls, AUT: 2 2009 - Europa Cup #4, Altenberg, GER: 3 2009 - Europa Cup #3, Altenberg, GER: 12 2009 - Europa Cup #2, Konigssee, GER: 14 2009 - Europa Cup #1, Konigssee, GER: 7 2009 - America's Cup #8, Lake Placid, USA: 16 2009 - America's Cup #7, Lake Placid, USA: 13 2008 - America's Cup #6, Lake Placid, USA: 19 2008 - America's Cup #5, Lake Placid, USA: 18 2008 - America's Cup #4, Park City, USA: 11 2008 - America's Cup #3, Park City, USA: 7 2008 - America's Cup #6, Lake Placid, USA: 8 2008 - America's Cup #5, Lake Placid, USA: 14 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eric Neilson (born 27 January 1981) is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2009. Neilson first took up the sport in 2006[1] and in 2009, he joined the Canadian national squad.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Athletes: Eric Neilson". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
External links
[edit]- Eric Neilson at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Eric Neilson at Olympics.com
- Eric Neilson at Team Canada
- Eric Neilson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Local racer headed to 2014 Olympics (castanet.net)
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