Natalie Corless
Canadian luger (born 2003)
Corless at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |||||||||
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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||
Born | (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 20) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||
Sport | Luge | ||||||||
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Natalie Corless (born 27 November 2003) is a Canadian luger.[1][2]
Career
At the age of 16 in December 2019, Natalie Corless, along with Caitlin Nash, became the first women ever to compete in a FIL World Cup doubles race.[3] They finished in 22nd place out of 23 sleds (the last sled crashed out).[4] A month later the pair would go onto compete at the first ever girls' doubles event at the Winter Youth Olympics, winning silver.[5]
For the 2021–22 season, Corless switched focus to the singles event.[2]
In January 2022, Corless was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Natalie Corless". Luge Canada. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Natalie Corless". olympic.ca. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Canadian lugers Nash, Corless to become 1st women to race in World Cup doubles". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (14 December 2019). "Canadian 16-year-olds become first women to race men at Luge World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Heroux, Devin (18 January 2020). "Canadian lugers slide to country's 1st medal at Youth Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (18 January 2022). "Team Canada to have six luge athletes at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Veterans Walker, Snith to lead young Canadian luge team at Beijing Winter Games". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
External links
- Natalie Corless at the International Luge Federation
- Natalie Corless at Team Canada
- Natalie Corless at Olympics.com
- Natalie Corless at Olympedia
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