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Brock Kreitzburg
- Member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic bobsledding team
- Best result was during a fourth place finish at the 2005 Igls WC four-man race
- Top ten finish at 2005 Torino WC four-man race
- Placed 15th in the 4-man race in Lake Placid WC
- Returned to bobsledding in 2002 after getting his Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Played football and ran track at University of Toledo
- Named All-Mac conference team as a receiver in football as well as All-Mac conference in track as a decathlete and pentathlete
- Participated in a mini-camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the spring of 1999
- Recruited for bobsledding while participating in a high speed treadmill program for football
- Four months after being recruited for bobsledding he made the U.S. national team
- Within the first year of competing in bobsledding he earned medals in two of his first three races on the World Cup Tour
- By 2005 he was ranked 8th overall in the world
- Works in the paint department at The Home Depot in Wadsworth, Ohio
“Imagining myself stepping to the start line with the letters USA imprinted on my
back inspired me to be an Olympian,” said Brock. But it hasn’t been an easy road.
After playing football for nearly 20 years, Brock started from the bottom in the sport
of bobsled. “It was an enormous challenge to start a sport at such a late age and
do well,” said Brock. But his natural athletic talent, and his desire to be the best
has put Brock in position to achieve his Olympic dream and bring home a medal
from Torino. -homedepot.mediaroom.com
“God has given me some pretty good
athletic talent and I want to use it to the fullest,” said Brock. “As I do well, I want to
thank Him, because without God, I would not be in the situation I am now. I feel he
has called me to serve others in a way of ministry.”
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Height: 6'
Born: 16-Feb-76
Hometown: Akron, OH
Sport: Bobsledding
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