Christopher Spring

Christopher Spring
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	6 March 1984 (age 40); Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Bobsleigh

Christopher Spring (born 6 March 1984) is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for his country of birth, Australia and finished 22nd in the two-man event.

Career

Spring competed for Australia and finished 29th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid.

Since switching to represent Canada in 2010, Spring has finished first on several occasions in both the two-man and four-man events on the Americas Cup Circuit.

Spring debuted on the World Cup tour for Canada in 2011 finishing 17th in the two-man event in Cesana, Italy. He finished 19th in the two-man event with brakeman Timothy Randall and 14th in the four-man event with teammates Timothy Randall, Derek Plug & Graeme Rinholm at the FIBT World Championships 2011 in Königssee, Germany.

He was involved in a catastrophic crash in January 2012 during the 2011-12 Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg, Germany which put him in hospital for eight days.^[1] After having his skin shredded and a piece of wood the size of a kitchen knife embedded in his back Spring considered retiring, however he returned to the track in April 2012.^[1] He said of his fear of lost skills on his return that "I was really afraid I'd get back in the driver's seat and not know what to do. Or I would get halfway down the track and start freaking out." Yet he said that he felt few ill effects.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Steve Zemek (8 May 2012). "Spring relives crash horror". Gladstone Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Christopher Spring at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation

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[haunted-1] Steve Zemek (8 May 2012). "Spring relives crash horror". Gladstone Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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