Erin Pac (born May 30, 1980) is a former
American
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bobsled
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der who competed from 2002 to 2010. She won two medals in the mixed bobsled-skeleton team event at the
FIBT World Championships
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympic ...
with a silver in
2007
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and a bronze in
2008
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.
A native of
Farmington, Connecticut
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and now living in
Milford, Connecticut
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, Pac earned a degree in rehabilitation and disabilities studies with a concentration in
rehabilitation counseling
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from
Springfield College
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It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...
in
.
It was announced on 16 January 2010 that she made the US team for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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. Pac and brake-woman
Elana Meyers
Elana Meyers Taylor (born Elana Alessandra Meyers; October 10, 1984) is an American Olympic bobsledder and World Champion who has competed since 2007. Born in Oceanside, California, Meyers Taylor was raised in Douglasville, Georgia and is a grad ...
won the bronze medal in the
Two-Woman Bobsled Event on February 24, 2010. Their first run had a time of 53.28. They ran 53.05 in the second run. Their third and fourth run timed in at 53.29 and 53.78 respectively for a total of 3:33.40, 1.12 off the gold medal pace.
In November 2010, she announced her retirement from competitive sports.
[http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skeleton-Federation/Features/2010/November/11/Olympic-Medalist-Erin-Pac-Retires ]
References
16 January 2010 US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic women's bobsled team.- accessed 18 January 2010.
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ttp://www.pacusabobsled.com/ Official websiteUS Bobsled and Skeleton Federation profile
1980 births
Living people
People from Farmington, Connecticut
American female bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
People from Milford, Connecticut
Springfield College (Massachusetts) alumni
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
21st-century American women
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