Richard Shobridge ( born Richard Shoebridge ; born August 12, 1985 , Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a British short-track player , winner of the 2014 World Short Track Championships , and two-time winner of the European Short Track Championships 2011 and 2016 [1] . Member of the 2014 Winter Olympics [2] .
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| Citizenship |  Canada /  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | August 12, 1985 (33 years old) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Johannesburg , South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Mohawks Ice Racing Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | favors | ||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: February 22, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Sports career
Richard Schobridge was born in Johannesburg , South Africa . Subsequently, his family moved to Canada, where he received local citizenship. For four years he was a member of the Canadian speed skating team. In 2010, the family moved to the UK and Richard soon received British citizenship (his father was a British citizen). He trained on the basis of the Mohawks Ice Racing Club [3] . By specialty - kinesiologist , graduated from the University of Calgary in Canada [4] .
The first medal of his career was received during the 2011 European Short Track Championships in the Dutch city of Heerenveen . The British short track team in the men's 5000m relay with a score of 6: 56.025 took third place, ahead of rivals from Russia (6: 54.726 - 2nd place) and the Netherlands (6: 54.608 - 1st place) [5] [6] .
The debut in his career was the 2014 Winter Olympics , which took place in the Russian city of Sochi. Schaubridge was announced to compete in the 1000m race. On February 13, 2014, during the qualifying race of the third group with a result of 1: 27.806, he finished fourth and stopped the further struggle for medals. In the overall standings, he took 27th position [7] .
Notes
- ↑ ST - Person Bio . www.isu.html.infostradasports.com. Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Richard Shobridge. Great Britain. Short Track Sochi Olympics 2014. Circulation date February 22, 2018. Archived February 22, 2018.
- ↑ World record breaker Richard Shoebridge retires - National Ice Skating Assoc . www.iceskating.org.uk. Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Richard SHOBRIDGE - Short Track - Conn. Kingdom - Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics . sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track: European Championships 2010/2011 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org. Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating - Results . shorttrack.sportresult.com. Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Results: Sochi 2014 - Short track - men, 1000 m. Olympteka.ru (Russian) , Olympteka.ru: Olympic encyclopedia, sports news, statistics . Archived August 12, 2017. Date of treatment February 22, 2018.
Links
- Richard Shobridge - profile on Shorttrackonline
- Richard Schobridge - Profile on the International Skating Union website
- Richard Shobridge - profile on teamGb
- Richard Shobridge - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com (English )
- Richard Shobridge - profile on Olympic.org