Jack Whelbourne
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| Born | 2 August 1991 Nottingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1000 m: 1:24.481 1500 m: 2:14.574 3000 m: 4:51:364 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Whelbourne (born 2 August 1991 in Nottingham) is a former British short track speed skater.
Career[]
Whelbourne was born in 1991 in Nottingham and he learnt to skate at the age of six and within eight years he was representing his country.[1]
He competed in the short track events at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Great Britain.[2] He qualified for the semi finals of the 1500 m after a crash in his heat took out two of his competitors, allowing him to finish in the final qualifying position. However he was eliminated at the semi final stage.[3] He also took part in the 5000 m Relay team. He was a bronze medallist in the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a former European Junior champion.[4]
Whelbourne's coach is Nicky Gooch. Whelbourne was chosen to compete at three distances at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. He was the first British athlete to make a 1500m final on 10 February but he collided with a dislodged rubber bollard and fell.[1] The 1500 metre final was won by Charles Hamelin.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sochi 2014: Jack Whelbourne falls in 1,500m short track final, Ollie Williams, BBC, 10 February 2014, retrieved 10 February 2014
- ^ "Olympic Record". Website of the British Olympic Association. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Korean Jung-Su Lee wins 1,500m short track title". BBC Sport. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Biography". Website of the British Olympic Association. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ BBC2 Coverage, broadcast 10 February 2014
External links[]
- Jack Whelbourne at the International Olympic Committee
- Jack Whelbourne at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nottingham
- Olympic short track speed skaters of Great Britain
- British male short track speed skaters
- Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- European speed skating biography stubs
- British winter sports biography stubs