- Chris Soule
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Medal record Skeleton World Championships Silver 2003 Nagano Men Bronze 1997 Lake Placid Men Chris Soule (born February 5, 1973) is an American skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 2006. He won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 1997. Soule also won the overall men's 2002-3 Skeleton World Cup title with multiple World Cup victories that season. He is the 3-time U.S. National Champion and remains one of the most decorated Skeleton athletes in the history of the sport.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Soule earned his best finish of seventh at Salt Lake City in 2002. He retired after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Chris was nominated for the Olympic Spirit Award during the 2002 Olympics as the U.S. Skeleton Team Captain.
External links
- 2002 men's skeleton results
- 2006 men's skeleton results
- FIBT profile
- List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.
- Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989
- Official website
- U.S. Olympic committee profile
- World Cup results and brief stats
1986-7: Andi Schmid (AUT) * 1987-8: Andi Schmid (AUT) * 1988-9: Alain Wicki (SUI) * 1989-90: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1990-1: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1991-2: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1992-3: Franz Plangger (AUT) * 1993-4: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1994-5: Christian Auer (AUT) * 1995-6: Ryan Davenport (CAN) * 1996-7: Alexander Müller (AUT) * 1997-8: Willi Schneider (GER) * 1998-9: Andy Böhme (GER) * 1999-2000: Andy Böhme (GER) * 2000-1: Lincoln DeWitt (USA) * 2001-2: Gregor Stähli (SUI) * 2002-3: Chris Soule (USA) * 2003-4: Kristan Bromley (GBR) * 2004-5: Jeff Pain (CAN) * 2005-6: Jeff Pain (CAN) * 2006-7: Zach Lund (USA) * 2007-8: Kristan Bromley (GBR) * 2008-9: Alexander Tretiakov (RUS) * 2009–10: Martins Dukurs (LAT) * 2010–11: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
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