Erin Pac (born May 30, 1980) is a former American

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der who competed from 2002 to 2010. She won two medals in the mixed bobsled-skeleton team event at the

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with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. A native of

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and now living in

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, Pac earned a degree in rehabilitation and disabilities studies with a concentration in rehabilitation counseling from

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. It was announced on 16 January 2010 that she made the US team for the

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. Pac and brake-woman Elana Meyers 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.

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External links

16 January 2010 US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic women's bobsled team.
- accessed 18 January 2010. *

* ttp://www.pacusabobsled.com/ Official website
US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation profile
1980 births Living people People from Farmington, Connecticut Sportspeople from Hartford County, Connecticut American female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Milford, Connecticut Springfield College alumni Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-bobsleigh-bio-stub