Michael Voudouris

Michael Voudouris
Full name	Michalis Panagiotis "Michael" Voudouris
nation	Greece
birthday	March 23, 1960
place of birth	New York City,  United States
size	185 cm
Weight	80 kg
Career
Trainer	Julieh Walker Trevor Christie
status	resigned
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup 1999 Debut in the European Cup 2001 Debut North American Cup 2000

Michalis Panagiotis "Michael" Voudouris ( Greek Μιχάλης Παναγιώτης Βουδούρης , born March 23, 1960 in New York City ) is a former Greek skeleton pilot .

Michael Voudouris, Emergency Medicine Technician, was trained by Julieh Walker and Trevor Christie . The American of Greek origin started because of the great competition within the US association for the homeland of his ancestors. He contested his first Skeleton World Cup race in Calgary in 1999 and finished 37th and last. In the following race in Nagano he was 33rd, it was also his best place in the World Cup, which he could not improve later, only to adjust. Only a little later he took part in his first World Championship, the Skeleton World Championship in Igls , and finished in 34th place. In the World Cup the following year in Calgary Voudouris was 35. Next, at the same time last major event was the 2002 Olympic Winter Games of Salt Lake City , where skeleton was back Olympic first time since 1948th Voudouris achieved his best international result with rank 23. Until 2006 he took part in other international races, but now more and more often in lower-class races such as the Skeleton America's Cup and the Skeleton European Cup . The re-qualification for the 2006 Olympic Games of Turin did not succeed, but he was accredited to the Games as a photographer. After the games, Voudouris ended his active career.

Web links

• Profile on skeletonsport.com ( Memento from October 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
• Michael Voudouris in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )