MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES BOBSLEIGH Lake Placid, USA December 2016

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1 MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES BOBSLEIGH Lake Placid, December 2016

2 MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES BOBSLEIGH WOMEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH WOMEN HENGSTER, Christina Axams 177 cm - 73 kg AUT 2014: 15th 2016: 6th J 2012: Gold ECh 2016: 4th Best in WCup: 2nd (Jan 16, Park City) 3 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 2 Born near Innsbruck, Igls is her home track She and Janine Flock were the faces of the BMW IBSF World Championships 2016 in Austria 2015/2016 was her by far best season so far, third overall in World Cup CONSTANTIN, Maria Adela Bukarest 173 cm - 75 kg ROU 2014: 17th 2015: 9th ECh 2016: 9th Best in WCup: 8th 9 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 13 Romania hosted the IBSF Push World Championships in Summer 2016 Student/Network administrator Former sports: swimming/athletics her nickname is "Flipper" DE BRUIN, Christine Edmonton 170 cm - 74 kg : : 16th Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 12 Married to bobsleigh athlete Ivo de Bruin, NED former track and field athlete (sprint) started bobsleigh as push athlete Won the first three races of North American Cup GRECU, Andreea Bucharest 177 cm - 70 kg ROU ECh - Overall World Cup 2016/2017: World Cup rookie as pilot former brakeman for Maria Constantin Student HUMPHRIES, Kaillie Calgary 168 cm - 73 kg RISSLING, Alysia Edmonton 179 cm - 76 kg 2010, 2014: Gold 2012, 2013: Gold (2015, 2016: Silver) Overall World Cup 2013/2014: 1 1 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 1 : : 13th Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 4 Defending World Cup Champion First ever woman to pilot a four man sled in an official IBSF race in winter 2014/2015 (alongside Elana Meyers Taylor, ) Won the first ever four-women test event during World Championships 2016 in Innsbruck Winner of Canadian Lou Marsh Trophy 2015 Has lots of Tattoos First pilot to compete with an all-female crew in an official IBSF four-man race (Calgary North American Cup, Feb 2015) Rank two at first ever four-women test event during World Championships 2016 in Innsbruck RODIONOVA, Alexandra Bratsk 174 cm - 69 kg SERGEEVA, Nadezhda Kemerovo 176 cm - 75 kg : 2016: 10th ECh 2016: 5th Overall World Cup : Overall World Cup 2016/2017: : 16th 2016: 11th ECh 2015: 7th Overall World Cup 2014/2015: 8 18 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 5 Was in the Russian luge team for 12 years (6th at the 2010 Olympics, 9th in ECh) Switched to bobsleigh after missing to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympics Started as a breakwoman in 2010, began driving in 2013 loves holiday at the beach Had her best ever World Cup finish in Whistler (5) McNEILL, Mica Consett 168 cm - 75 kg GBR : 2015: 14th YOG 2012: Silver Overall World Cup 2014/2015: Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 8 Full-time athlete Loves Chocolate Carried the London 2012 Olympic Torch Former sports: Netball, hockey GREUBEL POSER, Jamie Arlington 175 cm - 85 kg 2014: Bronze 2015, 2016: 5th Best in WCup: 1st Overall World Cup 2013/2014: 2 2 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 3 Married with German push athlete Christian Poser Former Sports: pentathlon, hepathlon, field hockey Oldest of four children KIM, Yooran Samchuk 170 cm - 60 kg Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 9 Finished second in Lake Placid North American Cup in March 2016 MEYERS TAYLOR, Elana Camp Pendleton 173 cm - 87 kg 2014: Silver 2015: Gold (2013: Silver, : Bronze) Overall World Cup : 1 8 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: : Bronze pushing Erin Pac After winning silver at 2013 World Championships in St. Moritz, her partner Nicoals Taylor went down on one knee before the podium and asked her to marry him. Missed four of eight World Cup races last season while recovering from a concussion - two wins and one second rank in the other four races LEE, Seonhye Seoul 160 cm - 55 kg Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 10 Finished third in Whistler North American Cup in November 2015 Student REINBOLT, Brittany Searcy 168 cm - 75 kg 12 Overall World Cup 2016/2017: 7 Certified Flight Instructor, has a commercial pilot license Once rode a motorized scooter 1,800 miles across the country with her sister former sports: football, track and field

3 MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH World Cup schedule Lake Placid / Weltcup-Zeitplan Lake Placid Winners / Sieger BMW IBSF World Cup 2016/ Whistler () Dec 2-3, 2016 Skeleton Women Skeleton Frauen Skeleton Men Skeleton Männer Women's Bob Zweierbob Frauen VATHJE, Elisabeth () YUN, Sungbin () HUMPHRIES, Kaillie () APPIAH, Cynthia Two Man Bob Zweierbob Männer FRIEDRICH, Francesco (GER) MARGIS, Thorsten Four Man Bob Viererbob KASJANOV, Alexander () ZAITSEV Alexey PUSHKAREV Aleksei BELUGIN Maxim 2. Lake Placid () Dec 16-17, Altenberg (GER) Jan 6-8, Winterberg (GER) + ECh/EM Jan 13-15, St. Moritz (SUI) Jan 20-22, Königssee (GER) Jan 27-29, Innsbruck (AUT) Feb 3-5, PyeongChang () Mar 17-19, 2017 Leaders Overall World Cup VATHJE, Elisabeth () YUN, Sungbin () Führende Gesamt-Weltcup 225 points/punkte 225 points/punkte HUMPHRIES, Kaillie () 225 points/punkte FRIEDRICH, Francesco (GER) 225 points/punkte KASJANOV, Alexander () 225 points/punkte

4 MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH 2MAN/4MAN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH 2MAN/4MAN MATA, Lucas Perth 178 cm - 90 kg AUS 22 former brakeman for Heath Spence (22nd in Sochi /4man, two NAC medals) former sports: track&field occupation: teacher (P.E.) Nickname: Stig SPRING, Chris Darwin, Australia 180 cm kg 2014: 7th 2013, 2016: 6th Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 16, Whistler) Overall WCup : : 13th 2015: 8th Best in WCup: 3rd (Jan 12, Whistler) Overall WCup : 9 Overall WCup : 20 6 Born in Australia, watched Canadian Bobsleigh Championships while working in Calgary and was hooked. Started for AUS at 2010 in Whistler MAIER, Benjamin Hall in Tirol 182 cm - 93 kg AUT 2014: 22th YOG 2012: Silver 2016: 9th J 2013: 7th ECh 2016: 11th Overall WCup : : 21th 2016: 5th J 2016: Silver ECh 2016: Silver Overall WCup : Father Manfred Maier is Austrian National Coach Surprised with ECh Silver in St. Moritz Brothers Raphael and Samuel are skeleton athletes in AUT-Team, Samuel competed at 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games (6th) COSTERG, Loic Moutiers 185 cm - 93 kg F RA 2014: 20th 2015: 20th J 2012: 5th ECh 2015: 8th Best in Wcup: 8th (Jan13, Altenberg) Overall WCup : : 17th 2015: 13rd J 2012: 10th ECh 2015: 13rd Best in Wcup: 8th (Feb16, Königssee) Overall WCup : Forestry technician Celebrated the 1st French 4Man victory in European Cup (Jan2015) Coach: Bruno Mingeon, the most successful French pilot Best four man result at Königssee World Cup finale: 8th BINDILATTI, Edson Bahia 190 cm kg BRA : 2016: 29 Overall WCup : : 28th 2016: 24 Overall WCup : Former decathlete Three times Winter Olympian (2002, 2006 and 2014) as bobsleigh athlete DEEN, Lamin London 182 cm kg GBR 2014: 23rd 2015: 14th ECh: Overall WCup : 24 Overall WCup : : 19th 2015: 5th ECh 2016: 18th Best in Wcup: 4th (Jan 16, Lake Placid) Overall WCup : 9 9 Queens Guardsman, stood outside Buckingham Palace, St. James Palace and the Tower of London Boxing, Table Tennis, Basketball One of his brakemen is Mark Lews- Francis, 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist in the 4x100m relay HUMPHRIES, Kaillie Calgary 168 cm - 73 kg Women's Bob 2010, 2014: Gold 2012, 2013: Gold Overall WCup : 1 Overall WCup : 1 1 : : 27th Best in WCup: 14th (Feb 15, Sochi) Overall WCup : 18 Overall WCup : 25 First ever woman to pilot a four man sled in an official IBSF race in winter 2014/2015 (alongside Elana Meyers Taylor, ) Won the first official four-women race (Innsbruck, during BMW IBSF World Championships 2016) Has many Tattoos TASKER, Bruce Lawrenny, Wales 192 cm- 100 kg GBR Two-Man : 2016: 4th Overall WCup : : : Former track athlete Also brakeman for the British team Won ECh silver (2014) and finished fifth (2013) with John Jackson (4Man) KRIPPS, Justin Na'alehu, Hawaii 183 cm - 96 kg 2014: 6th 2016: 8th Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 14, Königssee) Overall WCup : : 29th 2016: 16th Best in WCup: 3rd (Jan 16, Lake Placid) Overall WCup : 6 5 Born in Na'alehu, Hawaii, the most southern point of the Once named his sleds Pele+Poliahu (Hawaiian Gods of fire+ice) KIM, Donghyun Seoul 185 cm - 80 kg :- 2016: 22nd Overall WCup : : 27th :- Overall WCup : 32 The Korean team lost coach Malcolm "Gomer" Lloyd, who died in January 2016 Since then, they raced with his portrait on the sleds last season POLONIATO, Nick Hamilton 183 cm - 96 kg Overall WCup : 23 Overall WCup : Former Football player studied business (entrepreneurship, marketing) Hobbies : fishing, camping, canoeing, anything outdoors. SUK, Youngjin Ulsan 176 cm - 97 kg Overall WCup : Overall World Cup : - 18 Student World Cup rookie 2016/2017

5 MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH 2MAN/4MAN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES - BOBSLEIGH 2MAN/4MAN WON, Yunjong cm - 94 kg 2014: 18th 2015: 5th Overall WCup : 11 Overall WCup : : 20th 2015: 18th Overall WCup : 19 Overall WCup : 16 First Korean bobsleigh pilot to win an IBSF World Cup race (Jan 2016 in Whistler/2 Man) First Overall World Cup Champion from Korea PETER, Rico SUI 2014: 10th 2015: 7th ECh 2014: Silver (2015: Bronze) Overall WCup 2015: 3 Overall WCup : 4 2 : 2016: Bronze ECh 2015: 6th Best in WCup: 3rd Overall WCup : 3 2 Works as truck driver for a landscape gardener in summer Favourite athlete is Swiss Tennis player Roger Federer RINALDI, Rudy Monaco MON YOG 2012: Bronze 2016: 20th JWCH 2015: 4th ECh 2016: 16th Overall WCup : ECh Won the first ever Olympic Medal for Monaco (Bronze at 2012 Youth Olympic Games, Innsbruck) Prince Albert of Monaco was the first congratulator BASCUE, Codie cm - 98 kg : YOG 2012: 7th 2015: 24th Overall WCup : 10 Overall WCup : : 2015: 20th Overall WCup : Started sliding aged 8 US teammates (i.e. Meyers-Taylor, Fenlator, Cunningham) held a fundraising basketball game for him as he was 16. Former push athlete for Nick Cunningham Loves dogs DE BRUIN, Ivo Uithoorn 183cm kg NED : 2016: 30th J 2012: Bronze ECh 2016: 21st Best in WCup: 11th Overall WCup : 17 Overall WCup : : 2016: 27th ECh 2016: 21st Overall WCup : Married with Canadian bobsleigh athlete Christine de Bruin Competed also for Canada HOLCOMB, Steven Oakley 178 cm - 91 kg 2014: Bronze 2012: Gold Overall WCup 2007, 2014: 1st Overall WCup : : Gold (2014: Bronze) 2009, 2012: Gold Overall WCup 2010: 1st Overall WCup : 11 4 Suffered from Keratoconus, an eye desease. Nearly went blind a few years ago. Wrote a book about it: "But now I see" ANDRIANOV, Maxim Krasnoyarsk 187 cm - 96 kg 2015: 13th Overall WCup : Best in Wcup: 8th (Jan15, Altenberg) ECh 2015: 12th Overall WCup : 21 7 Loves Rap music and the "Lord of the Rings"-Movies Former sports: luge MEYERS TAYLOR, Elana Camp Pendleton 173 cm - 87 kg Womens Bob 2014: Silver 2015: Gold (2013: Silver, : Bronze) Overall WCup : 1 Overall WCup : 8 14 : - : - Overall WCup : : Bronze pushing Erin Pac After winning silver at 2013 World Championships in St. Moritz, her partner Nicoals Taylor went down on one knee before the podium and asked her to marry him. KASJANOV, Alexander Bratsk 188 cm kg 2014: 4th 2015: 7th J 2008: Bronze ECh 2015: 4th Overall WCup : : 4th 2015, 2016: 7th ECh 2015: Silver Best in WCup: 1st Overall WCup : 2 Overall WCup : 5 1 Former Luger, multiple Russian Champion OLSEN, Justin San Antonio 186 cm kg : : ECh: Overall WCup : 39 7 : : ECh: 2009 World Champion and 2010 Olympic Champion pushing the four man bob of pilot Steven Holcomb. Several podium placings in Word Cup. Lake Placid is his World Cup debut as pilot in four man bob STULNEV, Alexey Pavlovsk 188 cm - 98 kg : : 11th J 2012: Silver ECh 2016: 7th Overall WCup : 11 8 : : 11th ECh 2016: 14th Overall WCup : 7 8 One of his coaches is Victor Kneyb, two times Russian Luge Olympian

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