Name: Austin Kleba
Sport: Speedskating
Discipline(s): Long Track Speedskating
Height: 5'6"
DOB: 7/27/1999
Birthplace: Campton Hills, Ill.
Hometown: Campton Hills, Ill.
High School: St. Charles North HS (Illinois)
College: Sal Lake Community College
Team/Club: Long Track National Training Program
Olympic Experience
  • 2022 Olympic Team Member - 500m 27th; 1000m 29th
World Championship Experience
  • 2022 World Sprint Championships - 1000m (1) 14th; 1000m (2); 500m (2) 15th; 500m (1) 17th; Overall 14th
  • 2018-19 Junior World Championships - 1000m 6th; Team Sprint 9th; Team Pursuit 9th; 500m 46th
  • 2016-17 - Junior World Championships - 500m 15th; 21st overall; 1000m 30th; 1500m 31st; 5000m 32nd
  • 2015-16 - Junior World Championships - Mass Start 5th; 1000m 30th; 1500m 32nd; 500m 55th
Youth Olympic Games Experience
  • 2015-16 - Youth Olympic Games - NOS Team Sprint Silver; 1500m 5th; 500m 6th
Other Career Highlights
  • 2022 Olympic Team Trials - 500m Silver; 1000m Bronze; 1500m 6th
  • Four Continents Championships 2022 - 500m Gold; Team Sprint Gold; 1000m Silver
  • 2021-22 World Cup 3 - 500m (1) 9th (B); 1000m 13th (B); 500m (2) 16th (B)
  • 2021-22 World Cup 2 - 1000m 26th (B)
  • 2021-22 World Cup 1 - 1000m 23rd (B)
  • 2021-22 Fall World Cup Team
  • 2019-22 Long Track National Training Program
  • 2021 US Championships - 500m Gold
  • 2018-19 Junior World Cup 3 - 1000m Gold
  • 2018-19 World Cup 4 - Heerenveen - 1000m (B) 20th
  • 2018 Fall Long Track World Cup Team - 1000m
  • 2018 U.S. Short Track Olympic Trials
  • 2017-18 - World Cup Team for World Cup 4
  • 2017-18 - U.S. Junior National Record - 500m
  • 2017-18 - Roseville Track Record
  • 2016-17 - AmCup Men's Sprint Champion
  • 2016-17 - U.S. Junior National Championships - 500m Gold; 1000m Gold; 1500m Gold; 5000m Silver
  • 2015-16 - U.S. Junior A/B National Champion - 500m; 1000m; 1500m
  • 2014-15 - Named Glen Ellyn Speed Skating’s Rookie of the Year
  • 2014 - Named US Speedskating’s Top Long Track Male Junior C
Personal: Son of John and Stephanie Kleba...Has an older sister, Madison...Began skating at 3 ½ years old on hockey skates before an on-going shoulder injury convinced him to transition to speed skating in 2014...Has played competitive hockey for 12 years in addition to speed skating...Father, John, is half Norwegian...Lists his inspiration to skate is five-time Olympic gold medalist Eric Heiden
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