Lyndon Rush
Bobsleigher, Olympic athlete
1980 –
Who is Lyndon Rush?
Lyndon Rush is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2004.
Rush also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He won the silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. Rush currently resides in Sylvan Lake, Alberta where he works as a real estate agent.
Lyndon Rush made his first breakthroughs in Bobsleigh during the 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup winning the opening 4 man event in Park City, Utah. Lyndon Rush also finished 3rd at the 4-man event in Cesana, Italy all of which contributing to his current ranking of third in the 4-man event. Rush, together with Lascelles Brown managed a tie for the victory with André Lange at the 2-man event in St-Moritz, this was their first victory and podium in the 2-man.
After his runs in both two-man and four-man bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Rush openly mused about retiring. Rush is a deeply religious and devoted family man and following the four-man bobsleigh run in Whistler in which he lost out on silver by 1/100th of a second. Rush said that "It makes me feel like I don't want to retire. I like racing bobsled. It's fun. But I think I might have to move on. I'm 29 years old. I'm not a kid. I can't go touring all over Europe all the time."
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1980
Saskatoon - Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Saskatchewan
- Lived in
- Sylvan Lake
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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