Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Pain[1] (born December 14, 1970) is an American-born Canadian former skeleton racer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He is regarded as one of the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program.
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| Full name | Jeffrey Thomas Pain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 14, 1970 (age 53) Anchorage, Alaska, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pain was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the school's varsity track and field team.[2]
Pain has had a 15-year career with 22 World Cup podium finishes in 74 starts, including ten wins,[3] 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. This included winning the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title twice (2004-5, 2005-6). He first represented Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter games, finishing 6th, where Skeleton returned after a 54-year hiatus. Subsequently, Pain went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished with a silver medal behind fellow Canadian Duff Gibson. One distinguishing feature of Pain's skeleton gear is his custom-painted helmet, depicting the face of an enraged beaver. Pain was married to his wife Aly in 1997, and they have two sons.
Jeff and Aly released their first book, "The Business of Marriage & Medals - A Relationship's Journey through Elite Performance"[when?]. This book is a raw and honest account of the couples marriage while dealing with tremendous sacrifice and extended time apart.
Pain also won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (2003, 2005) and a silver (2001).
He finished in ninth place at the 2010 Winter Olympics racing with a badly injured right oblique muscle. In October 2010, he announced his retirement from competition.[3]
In 2015 Pain was appointed as coach of the Chinese skeleton team after the 2022 Winter Olympics were awarded to Beijing.[4]
References
edit- ^ "第23届平昌冬奥会中国体育代表团名单" [List of the 23rd Pyongchang Winter Olympic Games Chinese Sports Delegation]. State General Administration of Sports (in Chinese). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Drexhage, Glenn (8 February 2010). "Insane Pain: Thrill of the Skeleton". UBC Public Affairs. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ a b Christie, James (27 March 2017). "Pain announces retirement from skeleton". theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Leicester, John (23 February 2018). "China stumbling on path to Olympic glory at 2022 home games". WashingtonPost.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
Other sources
edit- List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived November 5, 2011)
- Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928 (sports123.com) Archived 2020-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
External links
edit- Jeff Pain at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Jeff Pain at Olympics.com
- Jeff Pain at Team Canada
- Jeff Pain at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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