Eric Neilson (skeleton racer)

Eric Neilson
Personal information
Nickname	Face Man
Nationality	Canadian
Born	29 January 1981 (age 43); Lethbridge, Alberta
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Skeleton
Coached by	Duff Gibson
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
Men's skeleton
Representing Canada
World Championships

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

^ ^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

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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[sochi-1] "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.

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