Ryan Sommer (born August 27, 1993) is a Canadian
bobsledder
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
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Career
He participated at the
IBSF World Championships 2019
The 2019 IBSF World Championships were held in Whistler, Canada from February 25 to March 10, 2019.
This would be the last World Championships with the mixed-sleds mixed team eventconsisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, ...
, winning a medal in the four-man event.
In January 2022, Sommer was named to
Canada's 2022 Olympic team. Sommer would go onto win the bronze medal in the
Four-man event.
On August 25, 2022, Sommer announced his retirement from the sport.
Personal life
Sommer is engaged to Canadian hockey player
Blayre Turnbull
Blayre Turnbull (born July 15, 1993) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the PWHPA. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup.
Career
Turnbull attended Shattuck-St. Mary's, where she was a cl ...
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References
External links
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Ryan Sommerat the
Canadian Olympic Committee
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC; french: Comité olympique canadien) is a private, non-profit organization that represents Canada at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is also a member of the Pan American Sports Organization ...
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1993 births
Living people
Canadian male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Canada
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics