John Napier (born December 12, 1986) is an American
bobsled driver and a soldier in the
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. He won the two-man event at the
2009 U.S. National Bobsled Championships with
Cory Butner. At the
2009 FIBT World Championships, he placed 17th in the two-man event with
T.J. Burns and 11th in the four-man event with
Jesse Beckom,
Jamie Moriarty, and
Nick Cunningham.
At the
2009–10 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2009–10 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 November 2009 in Park City, Utah, United States and ended on 24 January 2010 in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The World Cu ...
event in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205.
The village of Lake Placid ...
, he won the two-man event with
Charles Berkeley and the silver medal in the four-man event with
Jamie Moriarty,
Steven Langton
Steven Daniel Langton (born April 15, 1983) is an American bobsledder. He won silver medals in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and gold in both the two-man and four-man events at the FIBT World Championships 2012 ...
, and
Christopher Fogt
Napier began competing in 1994 and became a member of the U.S. national team in 2002. His parents were both bobsledders; his father,
William Napier, was a former president of the
U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Napier
enlisted in the
Vermont Army National Guard
The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mo ...
in June 2007 and joined the World Class Athlete Program in May, 2008.
It was announced on January 17, 2010, that he made the US team in the two-man and four-man events for the
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...
. He finished tenth in the two-man event while crashing out in the four-man event.
Shortly after competing in the Olympics John Napier spent 6 months in the
Paktika Province
Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but sma ...
of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
fighting with the US Army 3-172 Infantry battalion in 2010. Napier graduated from
Northeast College of Health Sciences with a Bachelor's of Professional Studies and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2019.
References
External links
US Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic men's bobsleigh team January 17, 2010. Accessed January 18, 2010.
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1986 births
American male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for the United States
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program
21st-century American sportsmen
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