Timothy Nardiello

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Timothy Nardiello
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Born (1960-10-05) October 5, 1960 (age 63)
Lake Placid, New York, United States
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Sport Luge

Timothy Nardiello (born October 5, 1960) is an American former luger and coach. [1] [2] He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics. [3] He later went on to coach the US national skeleton team. [4]

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Biography

Nardiello was born in Lake Placid, New York, in 1960. [1] At high school, Nardiello played hockey, and was on the team that won the New York State Championship. [1] He took up luge, while working in a variety of jobs, including carpentry and fishing. [1] In 1986, Nardiello and Miro Zajonc became the first team from America to win a medal at a Luge World Cup race, finishing in second place. [1]

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Nardiello competed in the men's singles event, finishing in 21st place. [5] Four years later, Frank Masley and Nardiello were the first two to qualify to the American Olympic luge team following their qualification runs at the US national trials. [6] At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Nardiello and Miro Zajonc competed in the doubles event, where they finished in eleventh place. [7]

Following his luge career, Nardiello became the coach of the US skeleton team. [1] However, just prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Nardiello was fired from the team. [8] Initially, he had been accused of the sexual harassment of members of the skeleton team. [9] After no supporting evidence was found for the claims against him, [10] he was reinstated a few weeks later. [1] Despite this, the US Olympic Committee then fired Nardiello after they had found he was still working as a coach while under suspension. [1] [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Sex and drugs rock Olympics!". Hindustan Times. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Timothy Nardiello Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Around the World in Sports". Spectator News. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Singles, Men (1984)". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Frank Masley and Tim Nardiello became the first 1988". UPI. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Doubles, Open (1988)". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nardiello in court Monday in attempt to get job back". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Olympics notebook". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Nardiello Won't Join World Cup Team". AP News. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Group Fires Skeleton Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Nardiello won't coach Olympic team". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
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