Ryan Sommer

Ryan Sommer
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 33)
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportBobsleigh
Event
Four-man
Turned pro
2016
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingFour-man
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 WhistlerFour-man

Ryan Sommer (born 27 August 1993) is a Canadian bobsledder.

Career

He participated at the IBSF World Championships 2019, 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 married to Canadian hockey player Blayre Turnbull.

References

  1. ↑ Four-man results
  2. ↑ "21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing". bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Nichols, Paula (20 January 2022). "18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Smart, Zack (20 January 2022). "Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Stinson, Scott (19 February 2022). "Justin Kripps wins Canada's final medal of Winter Olympics — and it's a bronze in bobsled". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kripps leads Canada to four-man bobsled bronze on final day of Olympics". sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Ewing, Lori (25 August 2022). "Canada Olympic bobsled gold medallist Justin Kripps retiring". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Press. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "2 Canadian Olympians Just Got Married & They Went Through So Much For Beijing 2022".