Kyle Tress

Kyle Tress
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	May 29, 1981 (age 43)
Years active	2002–2017
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Website	www.kyletress.com
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Skeleton
Retired	2017
Now coaching	Japan

Kyle Tress OLY (born May 29, 1981) is an American Olympic skeleton racer^[3] who competed from 2002 until 2017. He placed 25th in the 2011 FIBT World Championships in Konigssee, Germany. His best World Cup finish was 5th in the men's event at St. Moritz, Switzerland on January 11, 2013, and Lake Placid, New York, on November 5, 2012.^[1] On January 18, 2014, Tress was named to the 2014 Olympic team.^[4] His last World Cup race was in February 2017, at Igls, where he finished in 19th place;^[1] the following season, Tress began coaching the Japanese national team.^[2]

Personal life

A native of New Jersey, Tress graduated in 1999 from South Hunterdon Regional High School.^[5]

Tress lives and trains in Lake Placid, New York, at the United States Olympic Training Center.^{[needs update]}

He will be attending Yale University in the fall of 2018.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Kyle TRESS". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Stahlhacke, Angela (December 13, 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
^ "No Olympics for Tress". New Jersey On-Line. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (January 18, 2014). "2014 U.S. Olympic Skeleton Team Announced". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
^ Tredrea, John (January 29, 2014). "LAMBERTVILLE: City rallies for hometown Olympian Kyle Tress; Banner wishing him well hangs over Bridge Street". centraljersey.com. Retrieved April 1, 2016. He's Kyle Tress, a Lambertville favorite son and 1999 graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School. A member of the three-man U.S. skeleton team, he will compete in the Winter Olympics in Solchi, Russia, next month.^{[dead link]}