Charles Wlodarczak
Charles Wlodarczak 
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 Canada
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| birthday | March 27, 1983 | ||||||||
| size | 187 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | ||||||||
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| Trainer | Duff Gibson Kelly Forbes |
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| National squad | since 2007 | ||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||
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| last change: January 17, 2011 | |||||||||
Charles Wlodarczak (born March 27, 1983 ) is a Canadian skeleton athlete .
Charles Wlodarczak studies history and political science and lives in Calgary . He started skeleton in 2006 and has been a member of Canada's national squad since 2007. His coaches are Duff Gibson (track) and Kelly Forbes (sprint and endurance). At the beginning of the 2006/07 season he was in two consecutive races in the Skeleton America's Cup on his home track in Calgary 22nd and 21st. A month and four races later he was able to drive in the top ten for the first time in ninth place in Park City . In 2007 Wlodarczak did not come to any international assignments. It was not until January 2008 that further races in the America's Cup followed. The Canadian achieved single-digit placements in four of the six races of the season. In the 2008/09 season Wlodarczak started in the Skeleton European Cup . In his first race in Winterberg , he was tenth among the top ten. In the further course of the season he was able to improve massively. In St. Moritz he drove behind John Daly and Hiroatsu Takahashi in third place for the first time on the podium, which he narrowly missed as fourth in the following final race of the season in Cesana against Daly. In the overall ranking of the European Cup, Wlodarczak was tenth. In the following season , the Canadian rose to the Skeleton Intercontinental Cup . In six of the eight races of the season he reached the top ten. In Calgary he was able to finish on the podium again behind Daly and Adam Pengilly . In the overall standings he again placed well in eighth place and came 25th in the FIBT ranking list .
Web links
- Charles Wlodarczak in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
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| SURNAME | Wlodarczak, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian skeleton athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1983 |