Corey Pusey

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Corey Pusey Luge
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday February 13, 1979
place of birth Sundre, Alberta
Career
discipline Single seater
National squad since 1999
status resigned
End of career 2007
Placements in the Natural Track Luge World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 16, 2000
 Overall World Cup ES 15th ( 2003/2004 )
 

Corey Pusey (born February 13, 1979 in Sundre , Alberta ) is a former Canadian natural track luge . He only rode in a single-seater and was the most internationally successful natural track tobogganer in his country in the first half of the 2000s. From 2000 to 2007 he started in the World Cup , where he was among the fastest 20 in eleven races, as well as at World Championships , where he was 21st twice.

Career

Pusey's first international competition was the Junior World Championship in 1999 in Hüttau , where he achieved 19th place as the best of the four Canadians. From the 1999/2000 season he started in the World Cup . In his first winter he came close to the top 20 several times and was 25th in the overall World Cup. He was tied with John Gibson, the best of the five Canadians who won World Cup points this winter. At the 2000 World Cup in Olang , Pusey was the best Canadian in 29th place. After Corey Pusey did not take part in any international competitions in the 2000/2001 season, he started again in the World Cup in the 2001/2002 winter . Like all Canadians, however, he only took part in the last two World Cup races, achieved 38th place in the overall World Cup with two 27th places and was once again the best Canadian with the same number of points as John Gibson.

In the 2002/2003 season , Pusey took part in all six World Cup races for the only time. He always achieved positions around 20th and the best result was 16th in Kindberg , which made him 17th in the overall World Cup - this time as the only best Canadian. He was able to improve a little in the 2003/2004 season , which was his most successful. Pusey was among the fastest 20 in four of the five World Cup races he participated in. His best career result came in the second race of the season in Grande Prairie , when he came 14th in the first World Cup race held in his home country, Canada. In the overall World Cup he was able to improve by two places to 15th place. With this result - his personal best - he was again the best Canadian. Pusey was also successful at the World Championships when he reached 21st place in 2003 in Železniki and in 2005 in Laces . Before that, a Canadian, namely Wolfgang Schröttner in 1992 , had achieved this result at world championships. No Canadian had been better before. In the World Cup, however , Pusey fell significantly behind in the 2004/2005 season because, like everyone from the Canadian team, he only took part in the three World Cup races in Oberperfuss and Latzfons . Pusey achieved results between 21st and 26th place and was 32nd in the overall ranking.

Pusey took part in four World Cup races in the 2005/2006 season. He was among the fastest 20 three times, with two 16th places in Olang and the second race in Grande Prairie being his best results. Tied on points with his compatriot Kaj Johnson , he reached 27th place in the overall World Cup. Corey Pusey contested his last World Cup race on January 21, 2007 in Longiarü . Like all Canadians, he only took part in this one World Cup race in the 2006/2007 season. With 30th place, however, he only achieved the worst World Cup result of his career. The priority for Canadian natural track tobogganers was the world championship this winter . It was held on the Nighthawk course in Grande Prairie and was the first world championship to be held in Canada and also outside of Europe. The Canadian team hoped for good results after a long training session on the track, and most of the time they succeeded. Corey Pusey, however, was the last of the four Canadians to only come in 28th place. After the World Championship race, Pusey announced his retirement.

Sporting successes

World championships

Junior World Championships

World cup

  • Twice among the best 20 in the overall single-seater World Cup
  • Eleven top 20 placements in world cup races

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The world came together in Grande Prairie for the 2007 Natural Luge World Championships. ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Velocity . Newsletter of the Canadian Luge Association, March 2007, p. 1 (PDF, 734 kB, English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.luge.ca
personal data
SURNAME Pusey, Corey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian natural track toboggan runner
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundre, Alberta , Canada