John Fennell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Fennell

Canadian luger

Date of Birth: 28-May-1995

Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Profession: luger

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About John Fennell

  • John Fennell (born May 28, 1995 in Evergreen, Colorado) is an American-Canadian luger who has competed since 2011.He competed for Canada in the first ever Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he finished 7th, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, finishing 27th. He is the son of former Canadian Football League player Dave Fennell and mother Lynne Fennell.
  • His brother David Fennel Jr.
  • played fullback on the Michigan State Football team.In May 2014, several months after competing at Sochi, Fennell came out as gay.Fennell competed well at the Sochi Olympics, but since he did not finish in the top 10.
  • As a result, in order to fulfil his funding needs, Fennell launched a fundraising campaign on the sports crowdfunding platform MAKEACHAMP on December 12, 2014. In 2016, Fennell, took advantage of his dual Canadian-U.S citizenship and competed for a spot on the U.S.
  • National team.
  • However, during the 2018 US Olympic trials; John crashed his sled and did not make the Olympic team.

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