Kyle Tress

Kyle Tress
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1981-05-29) May 29, 1981[1]
Years active 2002–2017
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)[1]
Website www.kyletress.com
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Skeleton
Retired 2017
Now coaching  Japan[2]

Kyle Tress (born May 29, 1981) is an American Olympic skeleton racer[3] who competed from 2002 until 2017. He placed 25th in the 2011 FIBT World Championships in Konigssee, Germany. His best World Cup finish was 5th in the men's event at St. Moritz, Switzerland on January 11, 2013 and Lake Placid, NY on November 5, 2012.[1] On January 18, 2014, Tress was named to the 2014 Olympic team.[4] His last World Cup race was in February, 2017, at Igls, where he finished in 19th place;[1] the following season, Tress began coaching the Japanese national team.[2]

Personal life

A native of New Jersey, Tress graduated in 1999 from South Hunterdon Regional High School.[5]

Tress lives and trains in Lake Placid, New York at the United States Olympic Training Center.

He will be attending Yale University in the fall of 2018.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kyle TRESS". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  2. 1 2 Stahlhacke, Angela (13 December 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  3. ↑ "No Olympics for Tress". New Jersey On-Line. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ↑ U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (January 18, 2014). "2014 U.S. Olympic Skeleton Team Announced". TeamUSA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ Tredrea, John. "LAMBERTVILLE: City rallies for hometown Olympian Kyle Tress; Banner wishing him well hangs over Bridge Street", centraljersey.com, January 29, 2014. Accessed April 1, 2016. "He’s Kyle Tress, a Lambertville favorite son and 1999 graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School. A member of the three-man U.S. skeleton team, he will compete in the Winter Olympics in Solchi, Russia, next month."
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/KyleTress/status/996924491489038336?s=20


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