Natalie Corless

Natalie Corless
Corless at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 22)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportLuge
Medal record
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place2020 LausanneGirls' doubles

Natalie Corless (born 27 November 2003) is a Canadian luger.

Career

At the age of 16 in December 2019, Natalie Corless, along with Caitlin Nash, became the first women ever to compete in a FIL World Cup doubles race. They finished in 22nd place out of 23 sleds (the last sled crashed out). A month later the pair would go onto compete at the first ever girls' doubles event at the Winter Youth Olympics, winning silver.

For the 2021–22 season, Corless switched focus to the singles event.

In January 2022, Corless was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

References

  1. ↑ "Natalie Corless". Luge Canada. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Natalie Corless". olympic.ca. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Canadian lugers Nash, Corless to become 1st women to race in World Cup doubles". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (14 December 2019). "Canadian 16-year-olds become first women to race men at Luge World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Heroux, Devin (18 January 2020). "Canadian lugers slide to country's 1st medal at Youth Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Nichols, Paula (18 January 2022). "Team Canada to have six luge athletes at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Veterans Walker, Snith to lead young Canadian luge team at Beijing Winter Games". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.