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J. R. Celski
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J.R.Celski
Personal information
Born (1990-07-17) July 17, 1990 (age 34)
Monterey, California
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
WebsiteOfficial Site
Sport
Country United States
SportSpeed skating
J. R. Celski
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vienna 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vienna 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vienna Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vienna 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vienna 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sherbrooke 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sherbrooke 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Sherbrooke Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc 500 m

John Robert "J. R." Celski (pronounced /ˈsɛlski/; born July 17, 1990) is an American short track speed skater. He won the bronze medal in the men's 1500 meters race and the men's 5000 meter relay in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Celski has also won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 2 bronze medals at the World Championships.[1] He won the overall title at the U.S. Junior Championships twice (2007, 2008) and was the overall silver medalist at the 2008 U.S. National Championships.[1]

Personal life

J. R. Celski was born in Monterey, California where his father was serving in the U.S. Army. He was raised in Federal Way, Washington. His father, Robert, is of Polish descent and his mother, Sue, is of Filipino descent. Celski has two older brothers, Chris and David; David is an officer in the United States Army. J.R. attended Lakewood High School in Lakewood, California, graduating with high honors in the Merit Scholars Program. After the 2010 Winter Olympics, Celski intends to start his first year of college at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Before switching to speed skating after seeing Apolo Anton Ohno compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Celski was a champion-class in-line skater. Celski missed the minimum age requirement for the 2006 Winter Olympics by 17 days.[1]

J.R. has mentioned several times before that his idol and role-model in the sports world is the Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao.

Career

2009 World Championships

See also: 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

At the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Celski won the gold medal in the 3000 m event and was a member of the gold medal 5000 m relay team. Celski also won the bronze medal in the 1000 m and the 1500 m events and was the overall silver medalist.

2010 Winter Olympics Trials

The U.S. Short Track Speed Skating Olympic Trials were held September 8–12, 2009 in Marquette, Michigan and Celski finished second overall and was leading in points after the first two nights of the trials, but was injured during a crash in the semifinals of the 500 m race where his right skate sliced into his left leg; he did not skate in the second 1000 m races.[3][4] During the 1000 m time trial, Apolo Anton Ohno, with a personal best of 1:24.500, came in second to Celski, who skated a personal best of 1:23.981.[5] Celski, along with Ohno, Jordan Malone, Travis Jayner and Simon Cho were the top five finishers at the trials.[3] Afterwards, Ohno said about the nominated team: "This is the strongest team we've ever had. I feel really good about how we will do in the next Olympics".[3]

2010 Winter Olympics

See also: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

In the 1500 m final, Celski won the bronze medal after 2006 silver medalist Lee Ho-Suk crashed into fellow Korean skater Sung Si-Bak during the final turn of the last lap. Celski was in fifth place leading into the crash and as a result moved into third place. Fellow American skater, Apolo Ohno, moved into second place.[6] Celski was disqualified in the 1000 m short track semifinals.[7] Celski was part of the 5000 m relay team that won bronze behind Canada and South Korea.

References

  1. ^ a b c "USOC athlete profile: J.R. Celski". Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. ^ Christie Succop (September 4, 2009). "Going for the Gold: J.R. Celski". USOC. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c LaJoie, Jim (2009-09-13). "Skater Celski injured in crash at short track Olympic trials". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  4. ^ Harris, Beth (2009-09-12). "Ohno wins 2 events at short track nationals". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  5. ^ Harris, Beth (2009-09-09). "Celski outskates Ohno at short track nationals". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  6. ^ "JR Celski Wins Bronze Medal in Men's 1500 Short Track Olympics Skating". Media-Newswire.com. February 13, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Short TrackMen’s 1,000m. Full results. New York Times. Accessed February 20, 2010
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