Alanna Kraus

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Alanna Kraus
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Turin 3000 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Beijing 3000 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Warsaw 3000 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sheffield 3000 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Gothenburg 1500 m
World Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Nobeyama Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Milwaukee Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Chuncheon Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Montreal Team
Goodwill Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Lake Placid 3000 m relay

Alanna Kraus (born June 30, 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian short track speed skater.

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Career achievements

She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She competed in three individual events at the 2002 Games. In the 500 m she placed 6th; 8th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m. [1] [2] [3] She was also a silver medallist at the 2000 Goodwill Winter Games. [2]

In the 2006 Winter Olympics she won silver as part of the short track relay team in the 3000 meter race with Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, and Anouk Leblanc-Boucher. [4] In her only individual event at the Games, the 500  she placed 9th. She won a silver medal in the relay event at the 2006 World Championships.

Personal records
Women's short track speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 m43.8392005-11-12 Bormio
1000 m1:31.1302004-11-21 Calgary
1500 m2:22.6402004-11-19 Calgary

Personal life

Kraus first started speed skating at age four. [2] She is one of many Olympic athletes to come from the National Sport School based in Calgary, Alberta. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Alanna Kraus by the Canadian Olympic Committee Archived November 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 Profile of Alanna Kraus by Speed Skating Canada Archived May 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Alanna Kraus: Short-track speed skating, London Free Press, February 9, 2006.
  4. ↑ Byers, Jim, "Canada silver in relay", Toronto Star, February 22, 2006.
  5. ↑ Bergman, Brian, "Athletes' ABCs: National Sport, Calgary" Archived February 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine , Maclean's, August 23, 2004.


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