Allison Baver

Allison Baver ( born August 11, 1980 in Reading) is a former American Shorttrackerin.

She began her athletic career on inline skates and took part in national championships. Only at the beginning of their high school years, she moved on to the ice. Since 2002 it belongs to the U.S. National squad. She participated in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City in the 3000 m relay and arrived seventh. In the season 2002/ 03 she made her debut in the World Cup. Your first achievements came in the 2004/ 05 World Cup season. In the overall World Cup she finished sixth, the best placement of a U.S. Shorttrackerin the overall World Cup for more than ten years. In the following season 2005/ 06 she was the overall World Cup medalist. At the World Championships in Minneapolis, she finished fourth over 1500 meters, won bronze in the 3000m Super Final and finished fifth of the multi- battle. At the Olympic Games in Turin, Baver achieved two top ten finishes, she was about 500 m Seventh and the Fourth Season. A year later she repeated fifth place in the all around at the World Championships in Milan. In the year she was also the first American Champion. Bavers greatest sporting success was the bronze medal in the relay at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Initially, the squadron placed in fourth, after the disqualification of the Koreans, however, was awarded her bronze. After the Games, Baver finished her active career.

Bavers career was repeatedly affected by severe injuries. Among other things, they collided in February 2009 in a World Cup race with her ​​teammate Katherine Reutter and broke his leg. In 2006, she was injured in the leg also, 2007 at the shoulder, and fell each about half a year.

In 2003, Baver graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in marketing and management. In 2007, she achieved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the New York Institute of Technology.