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Sean GREENWOOD

Ireland

Gender: Male
Nationality: Ireland

Birthday: 30 July 1987
Age: 26

Height: 1.83 m (6' 0'')
Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs

Place of Birth: Canada, NORTH VANCOUVER
Place of Residence: -

Skeleton

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Athlete competitions and results

14 February, 16:30 Men's Heat 1
Sean GREENWOOD
Time: 57.99 (+2.04)
Rank: 21

14 February, 18:00 Men's Heat 2
Sean GREENWOOD
Time: 2:03.10 (+11.11)
Rank: 27

15 February, 18:45 Men's Heat 3
Sean GREENWOOD
Time: 3:01.32 (+13.05)
Rank: 27

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
31	Men	2013	St. Moritz, SUI	DNQ

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Men
2013/2014	26

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	Men
2013/2014	1 x 17th

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
17	Men	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	1:53.78
19	Men	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	1:39.06
20	Men	2013/2014	Konigssee, GER	1:44.17
20	Men	2013/2014	Lake Placid, NY, USA	1:49.85

Legend
DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DSQ-Disqualified

Occupation: Athlete
Languages Spoken: English

Education: Economics - University of Calgary, Canada

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He took up skeleton in 2008 in Calgary, AB, Canada. (seangreenwoodirishskeleton.com, 20 Nov 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
Previously a rugby player, he had suffered two different shoulder injuries and was looking for a new challenge. He then saw a skeleton event on television and was impressed by the speeds that could be achieved. "Canada Olympic Park was 10 minutes from my house, so I decided to sign up for a skeleton driving school to see if I was any good at it. Addicted would be an understatement." (seangreenwoodirishskeleton.com, 20 Nov 2013)

Ambitions
To compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (seangreenwoodirishskeleton.com, 20 Nov 2013)

General
DUAL NATIONALITY
He is a dual citizen of Canada and Ireland [his mother Sibeal Foyle is from Galway]. He originally tried out for the Canada skeleton team, but chose to represent Ireland as there would be more opportunities to race at international level. (canada.com, 24 Jan 2014; seangreenwoodirishskeleton.com, 20 Nov 2013)

LOST TOBOGGAN
In November 2013 he travelled to Sochi, Russia, to test the track ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. However, his racing equipment and toboggan got lost in transit before eventually arriving five days later. (independent.ie, 05 Jan 2014)

PILOT
He has a commercial helicopter pilot's licence after working for Mountain View Helicopters in Springbank, AB, Canada. (seangreenwoodirishskeleton.com, 20 Nov 2013)

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