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Kris FREEMAN USA

Kris Freeman looks back to see Noah Hoffman an insurmountable distance behind on the way to winning...
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“I wasn’t having fun in the early season, and I always have fun skiing. In Ramsau, I was having fun...
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Kris Freeman (USA) on top in New Zealand. Photo: NordicFocus
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3 U.S. Ski Team athletes started in the opening of Tour de Ski yesterday, and they all plan to ski...
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	OLYMPICS STARTS		8
	WORLD CUP STARTS		104

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	EDUCATION		Sant Bani Scholl
	OCCUPATION		Skier
	FAMILY		Donavon and Barbara Freeman, Justin Freeman
	WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY DETAILS?		Justin was a 2006 Olympian in XC skiing
	WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK?		English
	MY WEB PAGE		www.krisfreeman.net
	THREE BOOKS YOU MUST READ		Once a Runner, Lonesome Dove, Slash biography
	THREE MOVIES YOU MUST WATCH		Desperado, Doubt, Braveheart

Date	Place	Nation	Position	Point


	HOW AND WHEN DID YOU BEGIN CROSS-COUNTRY?		My dad pulled me in a sled when I was a baby. Then I stood up and started skiing
	HAVE YOU HAD TO OVERCOME ANY SERIOUS INJURIES?		I have had two surgeries for compartment syndrome in my shins and calves. The first operation was in the spring of 2001, the second was in the spring of 2009. I also have Type 1 juvenile diabetes
	WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL TRAINING REGIMEN?		two and half hours in the morning, and hour and a half in the afternoon
	COACHES IN PAST AND PRESENT		Scott Clark High School Running Coach Zach Caldwell coah and advisor since 1999
	WHAT DO THE OLYMPICS MEAN TO YOU AND WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WANTED TO BE AN OLYMPIAN?		I knew I wanted to be an Olympian the first time I saw a poster of Bill Koch on the wax room wall. Its the biggest competition in the world.
	WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST		Finishing 5th in the 2002 Olympic 4x10 relay


	WHO WERE/ARE YOUR HEROES/ROLE MODELS?		Bill Koch
	FAVORITE TRAINING AREA		Waterville Valley, NH
	FAVORITE COMPETITION		2002 Olympics
	THREE GOALS TO ACHIEVE		World Cup Podium World Cup Win Olympic medal
	THREE REACHED GOALS		U-23 World Champion World Cup top five World Championships top five
	THREE THINGS WHICH WENT TERRIBLY WRONG		2006 Olympics 2005 World Champs 2009 Whistler World Cup
	OVERVIEW OF YOUR CAREER, YEAR BY YEAR		2000 8th wjc sprint 2002 14th Olympic pursuit 2003 U-23 World Champion, 4th World Championships 15k classic 2004 two top six world cup finishes 2007 5th kuusamo world cup 2009 4th world champioship 15k classic
	I WANT YOU TO KNOW		Diabetes doesn't have to stop anyone from achieving their goals

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