Cody Sorensen
Personal information
Born (1986-10-06) 6 October 1986[1]
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[2]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Sport
Country Canada
SportBobsleigh
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsSochi 2014, Beijing 2022
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 KönigsseeMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2013 St. MoritzMixed team

Cody Sorensen (born 6 October 1986) is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. He is a 4-time World Cup medallist, including third place in the four-man event at Park City and Lake Placid in December 2010. As a member of team Spring, Sorensen was ranked 2nd in the World in 4-man bobsleigh in the 2013/2014 season. Cody was named the 2010 Ontario male athlete of the year. In 2022, at 35 years of age, Cody made an unprecedented return to the Olympics after 8 years of retirement and finished 9th in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Cody currently leads the mergers and acquisitions division at Welch Capital Partners in Ottawa, Canada.

Career

Before being in bobsleigh, Sorensen was a hurdler at the University of Guelph.

In January 2022, Sorensen was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ FIBT profile Archived 2020-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 5, 2011
  2. 1 2 http://www.bobsleigh.ca/AthleteBio.aspx?BiosID=YKq3DVUeuBs= Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine bobsleig
  3. ↑ "21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing". www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.c. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (20 January 2022). "18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Smart, Zack (20 January 2022). "Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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