
Aidan Kelly (born September 6, 1994) is an American
slider
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who raced for the United States in the men's luge singles event at the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...
in
Sochi, Russia
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.
He was the 2013 Norton junior U.S.A champion.
Biography
Kelly attended National Sports Academy in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsbur ...
. He graduated top of his class in 2012 while he trained at the
U.S. Olympic Training Center
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, also in Lake Placid.
Kelly resides in
West Islip, New York
West Islip is a hamlet and CDP founded roughly in 1683, located in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Situated on the South Shore of Long Island, the population of the CDP was 27,048 at the time of the 2020 census.
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References
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American male lugers
1994 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic lugers for the United States
People from West Islip, New York
Sportspeople from Suffolk County, New York
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