Allison Baver
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| Full name | Allison Baver | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 11, 1980 Reading, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official Site | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States of America | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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Allison Baver (born August 11, 1980) is an American short track speed skater. Baver trains with the US permanent winter sports Olympic team, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 2005-2006 season, she was ranked third overall in the World Rankings.
Baver was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She was a marketing and management major at Pennsylvania State University (2003) and an MBA at the New York Institute of Technology.[1]
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, Baver finished seventh in the Women's 500 m competition, following a third-place finish in Semifinal A and a collision with the Czech Republic's Kateřina Novotná in Final B, which took her out of the race for fifth place.
On February 25, 2007, Baver won her first U.S. National Championship.[2]
On February 8, 2009, Baver collided with teammate Katherine Reutter on the third lap of the 1500 m race in Sofia, Bulgaria and fractured her leg in multiple places.[3]
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Baver competed in three events. In the 1500 m, Baver did not make it past the semifinals.[4] In the 1000 m, Baver was disqualified in the heats.[5] In the 3000 m relay, Baver's U.S. team finished fourth but were awarded the bronze medal after one of the teams was disqualified for an infraction.[6][7]
In October 2010, Baver was the Grand Marshal for the 2010 Pennsylvania State University Homecoming celebrations.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Allison Baver (M.B.A. '07) | Profiles | NYIT". Nyit.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "2007 US Short Track Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Baver breaks leg during race". Retrieved 2009-02-09.[dead link] [dead link]
- ^ "Ladies' 1500 m - semifinals results". Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ladies' 1000 m - heats results". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Stamm, Dan (2010-02-25). "Baver's Beautiful Bronze | NBC 10 Philadelphia". Nbcphiladelphia.com. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "Ladies' 3000 m relay - finals results". Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Grand Marshal ready to lead Homecoming parade". Retrieved 2010-10-08.
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- 1980 births
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- Olympic short track speed skaters of the United States
- People from Reading, Pennsylvania
- Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in short track speed skating
- American female speed skaters
- Pennsylvania State University alumni
- New York Institute of Technology alumni
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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