Kyle Tress
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1981-05-29) May 29, 1981[1]
Years active2002–2017
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb)[1]
Websitewww.kyletress.com
Sport
Country United States
SportSkeleton
Retired2017
Now coaching Japan[2]

Kyle Tress OLY (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, New York, 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.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. 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. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. 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."


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