Finlay Mickel
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Finlay Mickel
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Born |
(
1977-12-06
)
6 December 1977
(age
45)
Edinburgh
, Scotland
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Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Super G , Downhill |
World Cup debut | November 2000 |
Olympics | |
Teams | 1 ( 2006 ) |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Championships | |
Teams | 4 |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 7 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Finlay Mickel (born 6 December 1977) is a Scottish skiing coach and former downhill skier who competed in World Cup competitions 2000–2009 and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Downhill skier
Mickel was born on 6 December 1977 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Stewart's Melville College . He first appeared in the World Cup in Lake Louise , Canada in November 2000. His best result in the World Cup was 10th in the Wengen downhill event in Switzerland, in January 2006. [1]
On 5 February 2005, he finished eleventh in the Men's Downhill event at the World Championships held in Bormio , Italy. This was the best result by a British man in the history of the World Championships, [2] and the best in any major competition since Martin Bell finished eighth in the downhill at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary .
In the Olympic Games in Turin in 2006 he finished 25th in the downhill event and 22nd in the super G event.
Injuries and retirement
Mickel sustained several injuries during his career including a fractured left ankle, a ruptured right Achilles tendon, a right ankle fracture, and a fracture to his right tibia plateau. Although he recovered from each of these setbacks, after being a member of the British Alpine ski team for 12 years, he announced his retirement from the sport in May 2009 at the age of 31. [3]
He took up a coaching position with the Scottish Alpine Team. [4]
References
- ↑ "Official Results: Wengen (SUI): FIS World Cup – Men's Downhill 14 January 2006" . FIS-ski.com . Retrieved 20 December 2014 .
- ↑ "Athletes: Finlay Mickel" . British Olympic Association . Retrieved 21 December 2014 .
- ↑ Benammar, Emily (12 May 2009). "British Alpine skier Finlay Mickel retires" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 21 December 2014 .
- ↑ "Skiing: Coach Mickel has great hopes for Scots teen duo Alex Tilley and Charlie Guest" . The Scotsman . 31 March 2012 . Retrieved 22 January 2017 .