Andrew BLASER
United States of AmericaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Skeleton |
Men | 21 |
Schedule
| Start Time | Location | Event | Status |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| After Heat 1 | Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| After Heat 3 | Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| After Heat 5 | Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 27 | Men | 2020 | Altenberg, GER | 2:54.06 |
| World Cup Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | Men |
| 2021/22 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 22 |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |
|---|---|
| Season | Men |
| 2021/22 | 1 x 22nd, 1 x 26th, 1 x 28th |
| 2019/20 | 1 x 18th, 4 x 22nd, 1 x 23rd |
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 22 | Men | 2021/22 | Winterberg, GER | 57.51 |
| 26 | Men | 2021/22 | St. Moritz, SUI | 1:08.47 |
| 28 | Men | 2021/22 | Sigulda, LAT | 52.19 |
Travelling, camping, reading, singing, playing board games, photography, watching movies (Love Actually and Mean Girls).
Athlete
Master's degree in Sport and Physical Education, Utah State University (USA); Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition, University of Idaho (USA).
Father, Sherman. Mother, Ellen. Siblings, Sherm, Lindsay and Jamie.
English
Brother Sherm Blaser (Football): Kuna High School football coach.
Athletics: Former decathlete for the University of Idaho. Competed for four years on the track team at Meridian High School. Won one state title, three state championships in hurdling (two in the 110m and one in the 300m), five-time district champion overall, and is an 11-time state medallist. (magicvalley.com, 30 Dec 2019, govandals.com)
MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE
Prior to skeleton and athletics, he also played football and basketball in high school and danced ballet in elementary school. (teamusa.org, 24 Apr 2018)
2016 North American Cup in Park City (6th)
2019 World Cup in Lake Placid (23rd)
Took up skeleton in 2012, but started competing on the international stage in 2016. (outsports.com, 15 Nov 2021)
After his track and field career ended, he initially wanted to become a bobsleigher, but struggled to gain the necessary weight. "I took a coaching job at a university in Utah and ended up calling the bobsleigh coach on a whim asking to try out. At the time, they told me I was way skinny and encouraged me to try skeleton, which I hated and was terrible at. I went back to bobsleigh and was even worse at driving bobsleighs. So I moved and quit, but came back to Utah on a whim and tried skeleton again with a new sled, and life worked out that time." (magicvalley.com, 30 Dec 2019; teamusa.org, 24 Apr 2018)
