Patrick Singleton
(born October 15, 1974) is a
Bermudian luger who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s before going into
skeleton
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in 2002. In
1998
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Events January
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, Singleton finished 27th in the men's singles event while he finished 37th in the same event
four years later.
He finished 19th in the men's skeleton event at the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin
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. He suffered an injury shortly before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and did not compete.
Singleton's best finish at the
FIBT World Championships
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was 24th at
Calgary
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in
2005
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.
References
2006 men's skeleton results*
Skeletonsport.com profileBernews:Patrick Singleton Bio, Photos
1974 births
People educated at Rannoch School
Bermudian male lugers
Bermudian male skeleton racers
Living people
Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Bermuda
Olympic skeleton racers for Bermuda
Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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