Eric Neilson (skeleton racer)

Eric Neilson (born 27 January 1981) is a Canadian skeleton athletes.

Eric Neilson lives in Calgary. He began 2006 with the sport of skeleton and belongs since 2009 to the national squad in Canada. In December 2006 he was part of the Skeleton America's Cup in Park City his international debut and was in two consecutive races each tenth. Only 13 months later the next international race in the power range. In Calgary with his overall fourth race he reached sixth place for the first time a single-digit result. in a total of three races of the season came Neilson to single digit ranks. In the 2009/2010 season, the Canadians drove in Skeleton European Cup. Here he began in Koenigssee with a seventh place. In the rest of the season he was in Altenberg behind Alexander Kröckel and Christian Baude third, reaching the podium for the first time. In the following race in Igls, he only had to concede defeat Daniel Maechler. In the last race of the season Neilson was behind Alexander Gaszner and Kröckel again third. In the overall standings, he missed against Alexander rotting by six points in fourth place for the top three. Only two of the eight races he missed rankings among the top ten. At the Canadian Championships in 2010 he was second behind Olympic gold medalist Jon Montgomery. In the season 2010/ 11, the Canadians qualified for the Skeleton Intercontinental, where he finished ninth in his first race in Winterberg.