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.
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 Wengendownhill 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.
finlay, mickel, born, december, 1977, scottish, skiing, coach, former, downhill, skier, competed, world, competitions, 2000, 2009, 2006, winter, olympics, alpine, skierdisciplinessuper, downhillborn, 1977, december, 1977, edinburghheight1, world, debutnovember. 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 Finlay MickelAlpine skierDisciplinesSuper G DownhillBorn 1977 12 06 6 December 1977 age 45 EdinburghHeight1 89 m 6 ft 2 in World Cup debutNovember 2000OlympicsTeams1 2006 Medals0 0 gold World ChampionshipsTeams4Medals0 0 gold World CupSeasons7Wins0Podiums0Overall titles0Discipline titles0 Contents 1 Downhill skier 2 Injuries and retirement 3 References 4 External linksDownhill skier EditMickel 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 EditMickel 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 Edit 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 External links EditFinlay Mickel at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finlay Mickel amp oldid 1125698045, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
