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    Sochi 2014

    XXII Olympic Winter Games
    Hot. Cool. Yours.
    7-23 February 2014
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    J.R. CELSKI
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    J.R. CELSKI

    United States
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: United States
    • Birthday: 17 July 1990
    • Age: 23
    • Height: 1.73 m (5' 8'')
    • Weight: 63 kg / 139 lbs
    • Place of Birth: United States, FORT ORD (MONTEREY)
    • Place of Residence: United States, Salt Lake City
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    Medals

    • Short Track
    • Men's 5000 m Relay
    • Silver

    Athlete competitions and results

    • 10 February, 13:55 Men's 1500 m Heats
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 2:15.675
    • Rank: 2
    • 10 February, 15:09 Men's 1500 m Semifinals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 2:21.603
    • Rank: 1
    • 10 February, 16:11 Men's 1500 m Finals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 2:15.624
    • Rank: 4
    • 13 February, 14:45 Men's 1000 m Heats
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 1:25.428
    • Rank: 1
    • 13 February, 15:31 Men's 5000 m Relay Semifinals
    • Team: USA
      Time: 6:50.292
    • Rank: 4
    • 15 February, 14:55 Men's 1000 m Quarterfinals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: No Time
    • Rank: 4
    • 18 February, 14:33 Men's 500 m Heats
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 41.717
    • Rank: 2
    • 21 February, 20:33 Men's 500 m Quarterfinals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 53.178
    • Rank: 2
    • 21 February, 21:13 Men's 500 m Semifinals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 41.152
    • Rank: 4
    • 21 February, 21:43 Men's 500 m Finals
    • J.R. CELSKI
      Time: 41.786
    • Rank: 6
    • 21 February, 22:30 Men's 5000 m Relay Finals
    • Team: USA
      Time: 6:42.371
    • Rank: 2

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocation
    Olympic Winter Games
    31500 m2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
    35000 m Relay2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
    81000 m2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
    World Championships
    15000 m Relay2009Vienna, AUT
    25000 m Relay2010Sofia, BUL
    2Individual Final Classification2009Vienna, AUT
    31000 m2010Sofia, BUL
    31000 m2009Vienna, AUT
    31500 m2009Vienna, AUT
    41500 m2010Sofia, BUL
    4Individual Final Classification2010Sofia, BUL
    5500 m2013Debrecen, HUN
    75000 m Relay2013Debrecen, HUN
    9500 m2010Sofia, BUL
    231500 m2013Debrecen, HUN
    23Individual Final Classification2013Debrecen, HUN
    YC1000 m2013Debrecen, HUN
    World Team Championships
    3Team2009Heerenveen, NED

    World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    Season500m1000m1500m
    2013/20141377
    2012/20131147
    2011/2012-511

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    Season500m1000m1500mRelay
    2013/20141 x 6th1 x 3rd1 x 1st2 x 1st
    2012/20131 x 1st1 x 2nd2 x 2nd1 x 3rd
    2011/2012-1 x 2nd2 x 3rd1 x 4th

    RankEventYearLocation
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    11500 m2013/2014Kolomna, RUS
    15000 m Relay2013/2014Kolomna, RUS
    15000 m Relay2013/2014Shanghai, CHN
    25000 m Relay2013/2014Seoul, KOR
    31000 m2013/2014Kolomna, RUS
    55000 m Relay2013/2014Torino, ITA
    6500 m2013/2014Shanghai, CHN
    71000 m2013/2014Seoul, KOR
    9500 m2013/2014Torino, ITA
    111000 m2013/2014Torino, ITA
    111000 m2013/2014Shanghai, CHN


    Legend
    DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Nickname: JR (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)
    • Occupation: Athlete
    • Languages Spoken: English
    • Sporting Relatives: His father Robert John Celski won national inline skating titles. (speedskating.teamusa.org, 2011)
    • Debut: 2008 for United States (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
    • Hobbies: Playing the guitar, listening to music, playing golf, snowboarding, watching the Seattle Seahawks American football team. (NBC, 21 Jan 2010; jrcelski.com, 2011; nbcsports.com, 02 Feb 2014)
    • Education: University of California-Berkeley, United States
    • Coach: Guy Thibault [national], CAN; Steve Gough, CAN; Alex Zykowski, USA; Anthony Barthell, USA (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013; teamusa.org, 06 Jun 2013; usspeedskating.org, 31 Jul 2013)
    • Other Sports: He competed in inline skating at national level, before switching to speed skating in 2002. (jrcelski.com, 2011)
    • Injuries: In December 2011 he suffered a fractured bone and torn ligaments in his left ankle. The injury stopped him competing in individual events at the 2012 World Championships in Shanghai, China. (jrcelski.com, 01 Oct 2013)

      In September 2009 he suffered a serious leg injury at the 2010 US Olympic team trials in Marquette, Michigan. Competing in the semifinal of the men's 500m, he fell while rounding a corner and his right skate cut his left leg, missing his femoral artery by an inch. He was treated by paramedics on the ice and transported by ambulance to Marquette General Hospital for surgery. The cut just above his knee was about six inches long and two inches deep. (usatoday.com, 16 Sep 2009; NBC, 21 Jan 2010)

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    He began inline skating at age three and switched to short track in 2002. (teamusa.org, 21 Jan 2010)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    He wanted to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)

    Ambitions
    To compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (jrcelski.com, 01 Oct 2013)

    Most memorable sporting achievement
    Breaking the 500m world record at the 2012 World Cup event in Calgary, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)

    Hero
    Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)

    Most influential person in career
    His parents, and his former coach Wilma Boomstra. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013; usspeedskating.org, 31 Jul 2013)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "Stay hungry, stay foolish." (Athlete, 10 Feb 2013)

    General
    MUSIC FILM INVOLVEMENT
    He is the co-producer for MAD [Music, Art and Dance] Northwest Film Productions. His main project was a documentary on the Seattle hip-hop scene. He took a year off after the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver to film it and worked with artists such as Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. "Everybody out there thinks Seattle is just about coffee and rain, and bad sports teams. We want to let people know there's more." (king5.com, 15 Oct 2010; jrcelski.com, 01 Oct 2013; nbcsports.com, 16 Jan 2014)

    YOUNG GUN
    He missed the minimum age requirement for competing at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin by 17 days. (teamusa.org, 21 Jan 2010)

    Social Media
    Hear more from the athlete via their website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

    Short Track

    Men's 500 m
    • Bib: 258
    • World Rank: 13
    Men's 1000 m
    • Bib: 258
    • World Rank: 7
    Men's 1500 m
    • Bib: 258
    • World Rank: 6
    Men's 5000 m Relay
    • Bib: 258
    Media
    • Sochi 2014 Day 15 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Finals
      21 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 15 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Finals
    • Sochi 2014 Day 15 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Finals
      21 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 15 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Finals
    •  Sochi 2014 Day 7 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Semifinals
      13 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 7 - Short Track Men's 5000 m Relay Semifinals
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