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| Born | 2 August 1991 Nottingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1000 m: 1:24.481 1500 m: 2:14.574 3000 m: 4:51:364 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jack Whelbourne (born 2 August 1991 in Nottingham) is a former British short track speed skater.
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]
Viktor An, is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals, six gold and two bronze, he is the only short track speed skater in Olympic history to win gold in every distance, and the first to win a medal in every distance at a single Games. He has the most Olympic gold medals in the sport, three of which he won in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the other three in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Considered to be the greatest short track speed skater of all time, he is a six-time overall World champion, two-time overall World Cup winner, and the 2014 European champion. He holds the most overall titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, and is the only male short track skater to win five consecutive world titles.
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