Caitlin Nash

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Caitlin Nash Luge
2020-01-17 2nd run Luge Women's Single (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank – 165.jpg
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday May 26, 2003 (age 17)
place of birth Whistler, Canada
size 176 cm
Career
Trainer Matt McMurray
status active
Medal table
APM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
OJS medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
America Pacific ChampionshipsTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
bronze 2019 Whistler Double
Youth Olympic GamesTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
silver 2020 St. Moritz Women doubles
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 2019
 Overall World Cup DS 29. ( 2019/20 )
 Challenge Cup DS 28. 2019/20
last change: end of season 2019/2020

Caitlin Nash (born May 26, 2003 in Whistler ) is a Canadian luge rider . She starts in singles and with Natalie Corless in doubles.

Caitlin Nash lives and trains in Whistler. It was through the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver thrilled the age of six for the sport of luge. She has been a member of the Canadian youth national team since 2018. In addition to other sports, she also played soccer for nine years.

Nash made her international debut as part of the A-Youth World Cup race in Park City in December 2018 . In the individual, she was third in a victory for her teammate Trinity Ellis . With her partner Natalie Corless she then won the first ever officially held international female double race in luge. Two days later they repeated the double victory and Nash was also fourth in the individual. At the home race in Calgary they also won - albeit as a single starter - the doubles race, and she was also fifth in the individual. After the turn of the year, the 2019 Junior World Championships in Innsbruck - Igls Nash's first international championships. First, she was fourth in the individual race. One day later, Corless / Nash started alongside Lara Kipp and Selina Egle from Austria as well as Nadia Falkensteiner and Katharina Putzer from Italy as well as Markéta Nováková and Anna Vejdělková from the Czech Republic as one of the first all- women doubles for the first time in the general doubles class and finished 14th directly behind the Austrian second best female double. With the season, which also included Samantha Judson and Colton Clarke , they drove to eighth place. This was followed by the races in the Youth A World Cup in Winterberg , in which Nash finished fourth and Corless / Nash eighth. Although the doubles could not hold out the North American winning streak in Europe against the strong European competition, at the end of the season they were the first to win the overall ranking in the Youth World Cup. In the individual ranking she came in fifth place. In June 2019, the Canadian Sport Institute named Corless and Nash Athlete of the Month.

Nash at the start of the first run of the individual race of the Youth Olympic Games

The 2019/20 season began with the A youth world cup races in Igls. In the individual races, Nash finished fifth and ninth, in doubles with Corless she was sixth and fifth. For the last World Cup race of the year in Whistler, Corless / Nash were nominated for the World Cup as the first women's doubles ever . Since not all nations had come overseas in the last race before the holidays and the turn of the year, they qualified as the last place of the eleven participants in the Nations Cup race and two days later in the main race 22nd. The race was also the America-Pacific Championships 2019 , in their Frame Corless / Nash finished third as one of three eligible doubles and won the bronze medal. It was the only use of the season in the highest racing series. With 34 points they came 28th in the overall double ranking of the Nations Cup and 29th in the World Cup with 19 points. The appearance in the World Cup had a lot of international media coverage.

Corless / Nash finished second after the second run of the Youth Olympic Games
Nash & Corless at the Youth Olympic Games award ceremony

After the first excursion into the performance area, the first major highlight of the career followed, the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games , the ice canal race of which was held on the traditional St. Moritz railway. Alongside the German Jessica Degenhardt and Vanessa Schneider , the Austrians Egle and Kipp, Corless / Nash were among the great precious metal favorites for the first female Olympic double luge race. After Selina Egle was seriously injured shortly before the start and the Austrian doubles were canceled, the Canadians won the silver medal behind the superior top favorites from Germany. The day before she missed a medal behind the Germans Merle Fräbel and Jessica Degenhardt as well as the Russian Diana Loginowa , who, however, had their own performance class, in fourth place. Also at the side of the Italian Alex Gufler and her compatriot Kailey Allan they missed another medal in the relay race in a mixed team as fourth place, just one place behind Russia, Germany and Latvia by sporting worlds. The 2020 Junior World Championships in Oberhof were rather disappointing . Both in the singles and in the doubles race - again in a class with the male doubles - Nash finished 15th. Of the 23 doubles, six female doubles were at the start, of which Corless / Nash were the best.

Web links

The team relay of the Youth Olympic Games: Gufler - Allan - Corless - Nash
Commons : Caitlin Nash  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Young athletes are legacy of Vancouver's 2010 Winter Games. Retrieved May 4, 2020 (Canadian English).
  2. ↑ Si chiude la Coppa del mondo Juniores a Oberhof: Felderer e Gufler ancora sul podio nel doppio. Giovani: Falkensteiner 8ª. Retrieved May 4, 2020 (it-it).
  3. ↑ Kreissportbund Sächsische Schweiz - Osterzgebirge eV Accessed on May 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Athlete of the Month - June 2019. In: Canadian Sport Institute Pacific. July 2, 2019, accessed May 3, 2020 (Canadian English).
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Harder: Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless first women's doubles in the Viessmann World Cup. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Oliver Kern: Two young pioneers (new Germany). Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  7. ^ Canadians first females in World Cup doubles luge. December 14, 2019, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  8. ^ Dan Falloon: Corless, Nash enjoy historic Whistler World Cup debut. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Dan Falloon: Whistler lugers Corless, Nash enjoy historic World Cup debut. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Tobogganing: "We have proven that we can". Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Wolfgang Harder: Women's doubles to make Olympic debut at YOG 2020 in Lausanne. In: .fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, accessed on May 4, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ Luge Athletes Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless Win Canada's First Medal at Youth Olympic Games (English)
  13. ↑ Canadian luger Caitlin Nash finishes fourth at Youth Olympics. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Canadian Luge Athlete Caitlin Nash Slides Shy of Youth Olympic Games Podium (English)
  15. ↑ The Canadian Press: Caitlin Nash, Natalie Corless earn Canada's first medal at Youth Olympics in luge - TSN.ca. January 18, 2020, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Nash, Caitlin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian luge athlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH Whistler , British Columbia , Canada