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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GOLD
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SILVER
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BRONZE
5'10"
Died (Aged 37)
1980-2017
Park City, UT
University of Utah; DeVry University
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Steven Holcomb began the sport of bobsled as a push athlete in 1998. In 2002, he began driving and reached the podium in eight out of eight races on the America's Cup circuit. He placed 14th in two-man and sixth in four-man at the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy before claiming both the two-man and combined World Cup titles in 2007 to kickstart his winning career.
In 2008, Holcomb underwent a relatively new procedure to correct a degenerative eye disease, restoring his vision from 20-500 to 20-20. The procedure was successful in saving his sight, and Holcomb went on to claim the 2010 four-man World Cup title with his "Night Train" crew of Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz. The crew was dominating races, and went on to win the coveted Olympic gold medal on the harrowing Whistler course at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Holcomb's autobiography, But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold, reveals how the Olympic champion struggled with depression while facing career-ending blindness leading up to the 2010 Games. Holcomb wrote about a failed suicide attempt in his book to let millions living with depression know that they can be successful in overcoming depression if they seek treatment.
Holcomb majored in Computer Science at the University of Utah and the University of Phoenix's online program. He is an A+ Certified Computer Technician, Network+ Certified Network Technician, and a Microsoft Certified Professional. He studies Computer Information Systems at DeVry University. Holcomb also served for seven years in the Utah National Guard.
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