Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSGBR10301199901 | |
NOC | Great Britain | |
Born | 03 Jan 1999 in Basingstoke | |
Gender | Men |
Residence | Heerenveen, NED | |
Occupation | Athlete | |
Languages | English |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 38.47 | 29 Sep 2017 | Inzell | |||
1000m | 1:17.21 | 07 Oct 2017 | Inzell | |||
1500m | 2:00.62 | 27 Nov 2016 | Minsk |
Club / Team | Team FrySk: Leeuwarden, NED |
Famous relatives | His father Stephen Airey has worked as a manager for the National Ice Skating Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [NISA]. (UK Longtrack News and Information Facebook page, 16 Oct 2016; frontiersports.co.uk, 19 May 2014) |
Reason for choosing this sport | "A friend convinced me to do inline skating with him during one summer. At the end of the skating season I was convinced to give ice skating a go through the winter. Also, I really like the speed and the friendliness of everyone from world to club level. Furthermore, I like the different variations with training." |
Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skaters Sven Kramer, Bob de Jong and Kjeld Nuis. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017; iceskating.org.uk, 2016) | |
Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (iceskating.org.uk, 2016) |
Name of coach | Philip Brojaka [national] | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating in 2007 in Leiden, Netherlands. |
Nicknames | Sam (iceskating.org.uk, 2016) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at Junior World Cup events. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017) | |
Most influential person in career | Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017) |
www.facebook.com/SamuelPAirey/ | twitter.com/samuel_airey |