Chris Type

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Chris Type skeleton
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday 5th October 1981
place of birth Merthyr Tydfil ,  United Kingdom
size 177 cm
Weight 85 kg
Career
Trainer Mark Wood
National squad since 2004
status resigned
End of career 2011
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup November 27, 2010
Overall World Cup 11th ( 2010/11 )
Debut in the European Cup November 10, 2004
Debut North American Cup November 16, 2006
Debut in the Interconti-Cup December 2, 2007
Interconti victories 3
 

Chris Type (born October 5, 1981 in Merthyr Tydfil ) is a former British skeleton rider .

Career

Type has been running the sport since 2003, as part of the British national team since 2004. He was trained by Mark Wood. The Brit made his international debut in November 2004, finishing 21st at a European Skeleton Cup race in Igls . In his third race in Koenigssee he achieved a result in the top ten for the first time in fifth place. Shortly thereafter, he was fourth in the British Championships and fifth in the Junior World Championships. In 2005/06 he drove back to the European Cup, but without building on his good results from the previous year. But he won the bronze medal behind Adam Pengilly and Anthony Sawyer at the British Championships . In 2006/07 Type first competed in the Skeleton America's Cup and finished in single digits in all races. He came on the podium three times and was third in the overall standings behind Andy Wood and Matthew Antoine . He then finished second in a European Cup race in Winterberg and thus achieved his best placement in this competition to date. In the 2007/08 season Type was used in the newly created Skeleton Intercontinental Cup and often achieved good placements, the best result was a third place in Cesana Pariol . He was seventh overall. He also started in preparation for Intercontinental Cup races in two America's Cup races and finished second in Park City . In the 2008/09 season , Type won an Interconti race in Cesana Pariol. He also came in second and third place each. In the overall standings he only had to admit defeat to the outstanding Mirsad Halilovic , who won four of the eight races of the season. He finally won the overall standings the following season . He won three races of the season and was second and third twice. At the 2010 Winter Olympics traveled Type in reserve.

For the 2010/11 season, Type started in the World Cup for the first time and ended up in 11th place overall. He finished eleventh at the 2011 Skeleton World Championship in Königssee. After the winter he ended his active career and switched to the coaching staff of the British.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phil Blanche: Winter Olympics: Skeleton man Chris aiming to prove he's the right Type. In: walesonline.co.uk. February 17, 2010, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ British Skeleton Athlete Chris Type has announced his retirement from the sport of skeleton. (No longer available online.) In: britishskeleton.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013 ; accessed on August 18, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.britishskeleton.org
  3. ↑ Sochi 2014. In: uksport.gov.uk. July 27, 2018, accessed August 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Type, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British skeleton pilot
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Merthyr Tydfil , Wales , United Kingdom