Kendall Wesenberg
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Birth name | Kendall Lorraine Wesenberg | ||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||
Born | Castro Valley, California[1] | 23 August 1990||||||||
Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder[1] | ||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | ||||||||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg)[1] | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||
Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||
Olympic finals | 17th (Pyeongchang 2018) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Kendall Lorraine Wesenberg (born 23 August 1990) is an American skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. Wesenberg attended the University of Colorado, where she studied business administration, and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She began racing skeleton in 2014.[2][1] Wesenberg was named, along with Katie Uhlaender, to represent the U.S. in women's skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[3]
Notable results
Wesenberg started competing internationally in 2014–15 on the Europe Cup circuit, winning her very first race, at Lillehammer. She went on, with three fourth-place finishes and two seconds, to become the first American woman to win the overall Europe Cup season rankings.[4][1]
She moved immediately to the World Cup for the 2015–16 season, taking 15th place at the World Championships in Igls and 11th in the season rankings. She took her first (and so far only) World Cup podium in 2017, with a silver medal at St. Moritz, and improved her World Championships performance to 13th at Königssee; also at the 2017 Worlds, she was on a team event (combined bobsled and skeleton) squad that finished 10th.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Kendall Wesenberg". United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ a b "Kendall WESENBERG". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ "2018 U.S. Olympic Skeleton Team Announced" (Press release). United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Standings (2014/2015) (Women's skeleton) (Europe Cup)". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
External links
- 1990 births
- American female skeleton racers
- American LGBT sportspeople
- American bisexual people
- Living people
- Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic skeleton racers for the United States
- Bisexual sportswomen
- 21st-century American women
- LGBT skeleton racers
- Skeleton racing biography stubs
- American winter sports biography stubs