Alanna Kraus

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Alanna Kraus
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2006 Turin3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake City3000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Beijing3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place2003 Warsaw3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place2006 Minneapolis3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2000 Sheffield3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2004 Gothenburg1500 m
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2001 NobeyamaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 MilwaukeeTeam
Bronze medal – third place2005 ChuncheonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 MontrealTeam
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place2000 Lake Placid3000 m relay

Alanna Kraus (born June 30, 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian short track speed skater.

Career achievements

She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She competed in three individual events at the 2002 Games. In the 500 m she placed 6th; 8th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.[1][2][3] She was also a silver medallist at the 2000 Goodwill Winter Games.[2]

In the 2006 Winter Olympics she won silver as part of the short track relay team in the 3000 meter race with Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, and Anouk Leblanc-Boucher.[4] In her only individual event at the Games, the 500  she placed 9th. She won a silver medal in the relay event at the 2006 World Championships.

Personal records
Women's short track speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m43.8392005-11-12Bormio
1000 m1:31.1302004-11-21Calgary
1500 m2:22.6402004-11-19Calgary

Personal life

Kraus first started speed skating at age four.[2] She is one of many Olympic athletes to come from the National Sport School based in Calgary, Alberta.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Alanna Kraus by the Canadian Olympic Committee Archived November 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 Profile of Alanna Kraus by Speed Skating Canada Archived May 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Alanna Kraus: Short-track speed skating, London Free Press, February 9, 2006.
  4. ↑ Byers, Jim, "Canada silver in relay", Toronto Star, February 22, 2006.
  5. ↑ Bergman, Brian, "Athletes' ABCs: National Sport, Calgary" Archived February 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Maclean's, August 23, 2004.