Brady Canfield (born April 26, 1963) is an American
skeleton racer
Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance o ...
who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the men's skeleton event at the
2003 FIBT World Championships in
Nagano.
A native of
Red Lodge, Montana
Red Lodge is a city and county seat of Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,257.
History
On September 17, 1851, the United States government signed a treaty with the Crow Nation, con ...
, Canfield served in the
United States Air Force
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from 1987 to 2007, retiring as a
major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
. He now lives in
Park City, Utah
Park City is a city in Utah, United States. Most of the city is within Summit County, Utah, Summit County, with some portions extending into Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is sou ...
where he creates
graphic novels
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including Wombat Rue.
Brady is married to Felicia Canfield, former USA skeleton athlete, attorney and managing editor of Brady Comics.
See also
Skeleton (sport)
Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance ...
References
FIBT profileSkeletonsport.com profile
1963 births
American male skeleton racers
American comics writers
Living people
Sportspeople from Billings, Montana
Sportspeople from Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States Air Force officers
People from Red Lodge, Montana
20th-century American sportsmen
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