Christopher Spring
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
6 March 1984
Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Canada |
Sport | Bobsleigh |
Christopher Spring (born 6 March 1984) is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for his country of birth, Australia and finished 22nd in the two-man event.
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, however he 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]
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- 1984 births
- Australian bobsledders
- Canadian bobsledders
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic bobsledders of Australia
- Olympic bobsledders of Canada
- Australian emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Australian winter sports biography stubs
- Bobsleigh biography stubs
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