Name: J.R. Celski
Sport: Short Track Speedskating
Discipline: 500m, 1000m, 1500m
Height: 5’8”
Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah
College: University of California, Berkeley
Olympic Experience:
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games, bronze medals in the men's 5000m relay and men's 1500m, eighth in men's 1000m
Career Highlights:
- Five-time World Cup 1500m medalist (one gold, two silver, two bronze)
- Five-time World Cup 1000m medalist (three silver, two bronze)
- Four-time World Cup 5000m relay medalist (one gold, one silver, one bronze)
- 2012, World Cup in Calgary, Canada, 500m gold medalist
- 2012, U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championships overall champion
- 2012, World Cup 500m world record time
- 2010, World Championships 5000m relay silver medalist
- 2010, World Championships 1000m bronze medalist
- 2009, World Championships 5000m relay gold medalist
- 2009, World Championships overall silver medalist
- 2009, World Championships 1500m bronze medalist
- 2009, World Championships 1000m bronze medalist
- 2009, World Team Championships bronze medalist
Fun Facts: Fought homesickness when he moved to California for training at age 14 ... Switched from inline skating to speedskating ... Filmed the documentary "The Otherside"
Learn more:
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