Extended Start List Skeleton Men - run 1

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1 Extended Start List Skeleton Men - run 1 Bib Name Nation Ergebnisse/Results 1 DUKURS, Tomass Sigulda 186 cm - 83 kg LAT OWG 2010, 2014: 4th WCh 2015: Bronze ECh 2016: Gold (tied with Martins Dukurs) (2007, 2015: Bronze) Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 2004, Sigulda) Overall World Cup : 2 Overall World Cup : 3 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. 2 DUKURS, Martins Sigulda 178 cm - 72 kg LAT OWG 2010, 2014: Silver WCh 2011, 2012, 2015: Gold (2013: Silver) ECh : Gold (2016 tied with Tomass Dukurs) Overall Wcup : 1st Overall World Cup : 1 Overall World Cup : 1 The most successful skeleton slider, winning three World and seven European titels as well as six Overall World Cups. Only Olympic Gold is missing in his collection: he finished second in 2010 and Latvia has 43 World Cup wins in skeleton so far - of which 42 from Martins. Latvian Sliders all have a huge fan base 3 YUN, Sungbin Jinju 178 cm - 85 kg KOR OWG 2014: 16th WCh 2015: 8th Best in WCup: 2nd Overall World Cup : 6 Overall World Cup : 2 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 4 JUNGK, Axel Zschopau 183 cm - 78 kg GER - WCh 2015: 6th JWCh 2012: Gold Overall World Cup : 3 Overall World Cup : 4 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

2 5 TRETYAKOV, Alexander Krasnoyarsk 184 cm - 72 kg RUS OWG 2014: Gold (2010: Bronze) WCh 2013: Gold (2011, 2015 Silver) ECh 2007: Gold (2015: Silver) Overall Wcup 2008/2009: 1st Overall World Cup : 7 Overall World Cup : 11 One of the few athletes to beat Martins Dukurs in the last years - of all competitions also at 2013 World Championships Olympic Games... In the second half of the season competing in the IBSF Intercontinental Cup, setting a new track record in Innsbruck 6 PARSONS, Dominic Edward London GBR OWG 2014: 10th JWCh 2009, 2010: 4th WCh 2015: 7th Best in WCup: 3rd (Nov13, Calgary) Overall World Cup : 5 Overall World Cup : 5 Former track and field athlete (400 m) Studies Advanced Engine Technology 7 ANTOINE, Matthew Prairie du Chien 192 cm - 92 kg USA OWG 2014: Bronze WCh 2012: 5th Best in WCup: 1st (Dec13, Lake Placid) Overall World Cup : 4 Overall World Cup : 6 Raced Go-Karts before Applied to USABS after watching 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City (USA 8 TREGYBOV, Nikita Krasnoyarsk 187 cm - 89 kg RUS OWG 2014: 6th WCh 2015: 5th JWCh 2015, 2016: GOLD Best in WCup: 3rd Overall World Cup : 12 Overall World Cup : 13 Full-time athlete Favourite athlete is Skeleton teammate Anastasia Novikova Current Junior World Champion 9 ZACHRAU, Michael cm - 83 kg GER WCh: Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : 7 Former Ski jumper, like teammate Axel Jungk Loves Camping and Movies

3 10 GRESZCZYSZYN, Dave Toronto 193 cm kg CAN WCh 2015: 11th Best in Wcup: 5th (Jan 16, Whistler) Overall World Cup : 9 Overall World Cup : 8 At Königssee World Cup, he raced with the portrait of his grandfather under his sled, who turned 100 at race day Former Rugby player Occupation: teacher 11 MARTINEAU, Barrett Calgary 178 cm - 80kg CAN WCh 2015: 20th Best in Wcup: 8th Overall World Cup : 17 Overall World Cup : 9 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 12 GASPARI, Mattia Pieve de Cadore 175 cm - 75 kg ITA WCh 2015: 21st Best in Wcup: 8th Overall World Cup : 19 Overall World Cup : 12 Student Born in Cortina d'ampezzo, site of 1956 Olympic Winter Games and of multiple World Championships in Bobsleigh 13 KULIKOV, Pavel Saint Petersburg 185 cm - 80 kg RUS OWG 2014: 5th WCh 2013: Bronze ECh 2011: Silver Overall World Cup 2014: 7 Overall World Cup : 11 Overall World Cup : 17 Student: Economic Former Sports: decathlon / karate / X-country skiing / polyathlon 14 VON SCHLEINITZ, Kilian Berchtesgaden 183 cm - 80kg GER WCh 2015: 9th JWCh 2014: Gold (2016: Silver) Best in WCup: 6 (Jan 15, Königssee) Overall World Cup : 13 Overall World Cup : His older brother Julian slides in GER Luge team, (>Junior World Champion 2009, WCh 2015: 9th) Very old Bavarian family. His mother Ute Hankers played Volleyball at the German national team.

4 15 BROWN, Kyle Manchester USA WCh: Overall World Cup : 30 Overall World Cup : 24 Former Sports: Track & Field and Ice Hockey Occupation: Strength and Conditioning Coach 16 CRUMPTON, Nathan Nairobi 182 cm - 79 kg USA WCh: Best in WCup: 5th (Jan 16, Park City ) Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : 16 Rookie World Cup season, finished 5th in Park City 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 17 TAKAHASHI, Hiroatsu Tomiya 175 cm - 83 kg JPN OWG 2010: 8th WCh 2015: 14th Best in WCup: 7th (Jan15, Altenberg) Overall World Cup 2014: 10 Overall World Cup : 14 Overall World Cup : 14 Former Baseball player His son Kohei was born 2013 M-Project sled (Japanese) 18 LEE, Hansin Jinan 177 cm - 80 kg KOR OWG 2014: 24th WCh: Overall World Cup : 34 Overall World Cup : 15 Full-time athlete

5 19 AUER, Alexander Innsbruck 178 cm - 83 kg AUT - WCh: - Overall World Cup : 41 Overall World Cup : 31 Son of former Austrian skeleton athlete Christian Auer, the 1991 World Champion Younger brother Florian also competes at Innsbruck World Championships 20 THORNBURY, Rhys Viveash NZL WCh 2015: 31st Overall World Cup : 34 Overall World Cup : 27 Born in Australia, New Zealand roots. Moved to Great Britain as a child. Works as weapon technician for the Royal Air Force 21 MUTOVIN, Alexander Krasnoyarsk 181 cm - 83 kg RUS - WCh: ECh: Overall World Cup : Overall World Cup : 25 Full time athlete Loves the Terminator movies 22 NEUFELDT, Evan Saskatoon 180 cm - 82 kg CAN - WCh 2015: 23rd Overall World Cup : 22 Overall World Cup : 38 Former track & field athlete Works as a bartender. Comes from a province in Canada that is famously flat.

6 23 SWIFT, David Michael Eastbourne 171 cm - 78 kg GBR WCh 2015: 15th Best in WCup: 7th (Feb 15, Igls) Overall World Cup : 34 Overall World Cup : 29 Former sprinter Runs his own personal training company. Can do a backwards somersault from standing. 24 ROHRER, Marco SUI WCh 2015: 17th Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : 19 4th of Swiss Indoor Champonships 2012, 60m. Competed against a Racing Greyhound for the German TV Show "Galileo" - and lost by a mile. 25 MIRAMBELL, Ander cm - 82 kg ESP OWG 2014: 26th WCh 2015: 30th ECh 2009, 2010: 15th Best in WCup: 14th (Nov. '10, Whistler) Overall World Cup : 25 Overall World Cup : 21 Studying Sports Science. Trains with Espanyol - Barcelona s other team. 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) 26 AUDERSET, Ronald SUI WCh 2015: 25th Overall World Cup : 20 Overall World Cup : 20 Mechanical Engineering student/scientific staff member UAS Freiburg Hobbies: Sailing, floorball, handicraft

7 27 CECCHINI, Joseph Luke Trail (CAN) 180 cm - 88 kg ITA - WCh 2015: 26th Best in Wcup: 12th (Feb 15, Sochi) Overall World Cup : 14 Overall World Cup : 23 Canadian-born from Italian roots. Speaks almost no Italian. Full-time Calgary Police Officer. 28 AUER, Florian Innsbruck AUT WCh: ECh: Overall World Cup :- Overall World Cup : 37 Son of former Austrian skeleton athlete Christian Auer, the 1991 World Champion Older brother Alexander also competes at Innsbruck World Championships Occupation: roof plumbing 29 MOELTER, Philipp cm - 81 kg CZE OWG WCh ECh Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : - Born in Germany, also competed for Poland Competed as German bobsleigh pilot at the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, finished sixth with Richard Oelsner Started Skeleton training aged 7! 30 TIMMINGS, Dean Perth 179 cm - 73 kg AUS - WCh: - Overall World Cup : 44 Overall World Cup : 34 Twin brother Nicolas is also a skeleton racer, both had their World Cup debut at the end of the 2014/2015 season. Went to school with Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.

8 31 EDELMAN, Adam cm - 80 kg AUT OWG WCh ECh Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : - Former hockey goalie (MIT), Nickname "Hebrew Hammer" Born in the USA, MIT graduate Occupation: Product Manager (Software/Hardware company) Israel Bobsled & Skeleton Federation founder David Greaves was bobsleigh pilot for Israel about 10 years ago 32 JAKOBCZYK, Michal POL OWG WCh ECh Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : - First season - has only done 70 slides Never in Igls before Former sports: track/100m student Favourite holiday location New Zealand 33 PACIOIANU, Mihai Daniel cm - 63 kg GBR JWCh: WCh: Overall World Cup : - Overall World Cup : - Student Competed in OMEGA Youth Qualification Serie 2015/2016, finished two times fourth in Lake Placid (USA) Was 11th overall but failed to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer because his teammates Mihai Trasnea and Mihail Enache finished third and sixth. 34 LORENČIČ, Denis SLO WCh: Overall World Cup : Overall World Cup : First season 2014/2015 Construction technician Didn't do any sport before he started skeleton Redaktionsbüro Wolfgang Harder (RWH) Danziger Weg 18 D Lindau am Bodensee Tel.: (+49) wolfgang.harder@t-online.de IBSF International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation Maison du Sport - Avenue de Rhodanie 54 CH-1007 Lausanne Branch office: Salzburger Strasse 678 AUT Grossgmain Tel: Mail : office@ibsf.org

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