Neville Wright

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Neville Wright
Personal information
Born (1980-12-21) 21 December 1980 (age 44)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2010)
Weight97 kg (214 lb) (2010)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Bobsled
ClubEdmonton International Track
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2010: four-man

Neville Wright (born 21 December 1980) [1] is a Canadian bobsledder. Wright competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the four-man competition, finishing fifth. [2]

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Wright was a sprinter with the Alberta Golden Bears where his performance attracted the attention of Canadian bobsleigh officials. In 2009, he began training for the national bobsled team with Pierre Lueders. [3]

References

  1. "Neville Wright". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neville Wright". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. Odland, Kristen (16 November 2009). "Former sprinter has the Wright stuff". Edmonton Journal . Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2018.