Cody Sorensen
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| Born | 6 October 1986[1] Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[2] | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||
| Sport |  Bobsleigh | |||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Sochi 2014, Beijing 2022 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Cody Sorensen (born 6 October 1986) is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. He is a 4-time World Cup medallist, including third place in the four-man event at Park City and Lake Placid in December 2010. As a member of team Spring, Sorensen was ranked 2nd in the World in 4-man bobsleigh in the 2013/2014 season. Cody was named the 2010 Ontario male athlete of the year. In 2022, at 35 years of age, Cody made an unprecedented return to the Olympics after 8 years of retirement and finished 9th in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Cody currently leads the mergers and acquisitions division at Welch Capital Partners in Ottawa, Canada.
Career
Before being in bobsleigh, Sorensen was a hurdler at the University of Guelph.
In January 2022, Sorensen was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ FIBT profile Archived 2020-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 5, 2011
- ^ a b c http://www.bobsleigh.ca/AthleteBio.aspx?BiosID=YKq3DVUeuBs= Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine bobsleig
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Cody Sorensen at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Cody Sorensen at Olympics.com
- Cody Sorensen at Olympedia (archive)
- Cody Sorensen at Team Canada
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