Tyler Kornfield (born February 9, 1991) is an American Olympic

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Early and personal life

Kornfield was born and raised in

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, the son of Ed and Robin Kornfield. His father was originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, moved to Alaska in 1978, and worked for the

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, Office of Aviation Services (OAS), as Chief of Fleet Services. He has a sister, named Tamra. He attended high school at

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in Anchorage, graduating in 2009. He then attended that

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...

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, graduating in 2013 with a degree in

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Skiing career

Kornfield began skiing at age three. His club is the Alaska Pacific Nordic Center. His club coach is Erik Flora, and his Team USA national coach is Chris Grover. He competed for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks in both

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and

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running. In 2009, he was Alaska state champion in the 7.5k classic race. In January 2010, Kornfield came in second in the US National Championships Spring (SP) 1.5 km race. In January 2012, he won the US National Championships SP 1 km race. At the 2013 ''

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'' (FIS) U23 World Championships, Kornfield came in 19th in sprint freestyle. In January 2015, he took second at the US National Championships SP 1 km race. In February 2017, Kornfield won the US Super Tour SP 1.6 km race. In January 2018, he won the US National Championships Classic 30 km race. Kornfield competed for the

United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics The United States competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018. The United States had its least successful showing at a Winter Olympics since the 1998 Nagano Games, ranking fourth in both the go ...

in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle, coming in 74th out of 119 competitors and in the Men's 50 kilometer classic, coming in 48 out of 69 competitors.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kornfield, Tyler 1991 births Living people Jewish American sportspeople American male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni Alaska Nanooks skiers 21st-century American Jews