Teen Monobob Pilot Liam McKenna Is At Home On The Ice
The 14-year-old finished 18th in the men’s monobob event this week in his Winter Youth Olympic Games debut.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'10"
Age
40
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Education
Brown University
Personal
Began bobsledding in 2014 following the Sochi Olympics, made the national team in her first year sliding....She was not born with freckles: they appeared after her first year of soccer at age 8.... When she was little, she was fluent in Spanish....She was originally recruited to Brown to run track, but she wanted to play volleyball instead.Career Highlights
- 17-time World Cup medalist (6 Gold, 3 Silver, 8 Bronze)
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, silver (2-Man Competition - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2020 – gold (2-Man Competition - Women)
- Years of participation: 2-Man Competition - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020; Team Competition - Mixed 2015, 2016
- Medals: 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2020 (2-Man Competition - Women)
- Bronze – 2016 (2-Man Competition - Women)
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