Natalie Corless

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Natalie Corless
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Corless at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 21)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Luge
Medal record
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Lausanne Girls' doubles

Natalie Corless (born 27 November 2003) is a Canadian luger. [1] [2]

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Career

At the age of 16 in December 2019, Natalie Corless, along with Caitlin Nash, became the first women ever to compete in a FIL World Cup doubles race. [3] They finished in 22nd place out of 23 sleds (the last sled crashed out). [4] A month later the pair would go onto compete at the first ever girls' doubles event at the Winter Youth Olympics, winning silver. [5]

For the 2021–22 season, Corless switched focus to the singles event. [2]

In January 2022, Corless was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Natalie Corless". Luge Canada. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Natalie Corless". olympic.ca. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Canadian lugers Nash, Corless to become 1st women to race in World Cup doubles". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (14 December 2019). "Canadian 16-year-olds become first women to race men at Luge World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Heroux, Devin (18 January 2020). "Canadian lugers slide to country's 1st medal at Youth Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Nichols, Paula (18 January 2022). "Team Canada to have six luge athletes at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Veterans Walker, Snith to lead young Canadian luge team at Beijing Winter Games". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.


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