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Christopher Spring
Personal information
Born (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 40)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight101 kg (223 lb)
Sport
Country Australia (2008–2010)
 Canada (2010–present)
SportBobsleigh

Christopher Spring (born 6 March 1984) is an Australian-Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for Australia and finished 22nd in the two-man event. He switched allegiance to Canada later in 2010.

Career

Spring competed for Australia and finished 29th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid.

Since switching to represent Canada in 2010, Spring has finished first on several occasions in both the two-man and four-man events on the Americas Cup Circuit.

Spring debuted on the World Cup tour for Canada in 2011 finishing 17th in the two-man event in Cesana, Italy. He finished 19th in the two-man event with brakeman Timothy Randall and 14th in the four-man event with teammates Timothy Randall, Derek Plug & Graeme Rinholm at the FIBT World Championships 2011 in Königssee, Germany.

He was involved in a catastrophic crash in January 2012 during the 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg, Germany which put him in hospital for eight days.[1] After having his skin shredded and a piece of wood the size of a kitchen knife embedded in his back, Spring considered retiring but later returned to the track in April 2012.[1] He said of his fear of lost skills on his return that "I was really afraid I'd get back in the driver's seat and not know what to do. Or I would get halfway down the track and start freaking out." Yet he said that he felt few ill effects.[1]

In January 2022, Spring was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Steve Zemek (8 May 2012). "Spring relives crash horror". Gladstone Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ^ "21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing". www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.c. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ Nichols, Paula (20 January 2022). "18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ Smart, Zack (20 January 2022). "Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2022.


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