Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSGBR12508200201 | |
NOC | Great Britain | |
Born | 25 Aug 2002 | |
Gender | Men |
Languages | English |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 40.01 | 28 Nov 2021 | Inzell | |||
1000m | 1:17.79 | 20 Oct 2023 | Inzell | |||
1500m | 1:58.60 | 11 Feb 2024 | Heerenveen | |||
5000m | 7:38.05 | 22 Feb 2024 | Hamar |
Other sports | He has represented Great Britain in roller speed skating, including at the 2022 European Championships in L'Aquila, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Nov 2022) |
Reason for choosing this sport | He took up speed skating on ice after competing in roller speed skating for a number of years. | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began roller speed skating at age six in the United States of America. |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water." [Bruce Lee] (Instagram profile, 12 Sep 2022) | |
Other information | INTERNATIONAL UPBRINGING He was born in Belgium and moved to the United States of America at age two. He took up roller speed skating there at age six, and then at age 11 he relocated to Milan, Italy, where he went on to win a number of Italian national titles in roller speed skating. "Moving to Milan, Italy, when I was 11 years old was both a huge cultural and also a skating shock. Italy has turned out to be the perfect place for me to learn and enhance both my technical skills and the physical side of [roller] speed skating." (The British School of Milan - Sir James Henderson Facebook page, 23 Jan 2019; Bont Project UK Facebook page, 20 Jan 2018) |
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