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Chris Soule
- Named to the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team, following the disqualification of teammate Zach Lund
- 2002 U.S. Olympian, finishing seventh in skeleton
- 2002-2003 World Cup overall champion; was second in '99-'00, '01-'02, '04-'05
- Led the U.S. to the World Cup team title in 2002, after medaling at every World Cup stop for the season
- 2003 World Championship silver medalist
- Was a stuntman in the movie "G.I. Jane," starring Demi Moore, and has had small acting roles in HBO's "Sex And The City," "The Siege" and "Stepmom"
- Says he'd like to do more stunt work and consulting after the 2002 Games
- Was introduced to the sport by Olympic teammate Jim Shea while working in the Shea family restaurant in Lake Placid
- Captured silver at the inaugural 2000 Winter Goodwill Games behind friend and teammate Jim Shea
- Serves as the skeleton expert for usolympicteam.com's Ask an Expert feature
- Has his own web site www.soule-man.com and writes an Olympic Diary for cnnsi.com
- Grew up approximately 20 minutes away from New Haven, Conn., home of the sliding Heaton brothers (John & Jennison), the only Americans to ever earn medals in Olympic skeleton competition
- Lived on bread and butter sandwiches, sleeping occasionally in the back of a station wagon, so he could train on the tracks in Europe. "At one of our stops, we got to make some much-needed cash setting up cables for the television network Eurosport,
- Soule writes in his cnnsi.com diary. This would translate into another night's stay in a motel instead of the back of the station wagon or in the start and finish houses at the track."
- Father Gale came to see one of Chris' early races in Lake Placid, but fearful that he would see his son get injured, Gale stopped watching his son's race for two years
- Enjoys photography and has had work displayed in galleries
The eyes are key to Soule. He says successful sliders will exhibit a certain look in those final moments just before the run.
Related Links
Photo gallery: Olympic skeleton athlete Chris Soule
Q&A: Chris Soule on skeleton, helicopter-jumping and the movie G.I. Jane
Video: 2002 video: Interview montage
"When you see confidence in someone's eyes before they go off, I think that's a tell-tale sign for who's going to do well."
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Height: 6' 0
Born: 2/5/1973
Hometown: Trumbull, Conn.
Sport: Skeleton
Event: Skeleton
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