Kris Freeman

Kris Freeman ( born October 14, 1980 in Concord ) is an American cross-country skier.

Kris Freeman lives in Andover and starts for the Andover Outing Club. He studied at the University of Vermont. His older brother Justin Freeman was also cross-country skiers. His international debut Freeman in January 1998 as part of the World Youth Championship in Pontresina with rank 49 through 10 - and 27 over 30 kilometers. Shortly afterwards, he was also the first race in the FIS Continental Cup and. Already in his first race in a FIS race over 10 kilometers to Mt Bachelor Freeman was fifth. The Junior World Championships 1999 in Saalfelden did not yield any significant results. At the beginning of the season 1999/2000 the American managed in Saalfelden in second place for the first time a podium finish in a 15 - kilometer race at Vernon. The Junior World Championships in Štrbské Pleso 2000 first brought good results in this framework. About 10 kilometers he was 17, eight in the Sprint and about 30 kilometers 21

A year later, Freeman was the runner-up title behind Justin Wadsworth reach about 10 km in McCall at the U.S. Championships. Just a week later he was in Soldier Hollow about 15 km its debut in the Cross Country World Cup, was 29 and thus won his first World Cup points. Then he won a sprint race in Marquette in the Continental Cup. The highlight of this first successful season was the 2001 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. Freeman, however, no placement reached in Finland better than rank 50 A year later, Freeman stepped in Salt Lake City in four races at the Olympic games. 22 He was in the 15 -kilometer race, 14th in pursuit, 41st in the sprint and fifth with the U.S. season.

From the season 2002/ 03 Freeman belongs firmly to the U.S. squad in the World Cup, but makes time and again race in the Continental Cup. In January 2003, he reached with Carl Swenson in Oberhof fourth in the team sprint a first very good result. Particularly strong he was at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme. Was he with the U.S. season only 12, he could be 14 and missed fourth in the race over 15 kilometers in the classic style a medal only by 0.61 seconds in the pursuit race. The end of 2003 came in sixth Freeman about 30 km in Dobbiaco first time in the top ten. Little successful was the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf. In 2006 he won the title at Soldier Hollow in the pursuit and was behind Ivan Babikov runners over 15 km Classic. Several weeks later, Freeman stepped up to the Olympic Games for the second time. In competitions from Pragelato Plan, he reached an acceptable 21st place over 15 kilometers, but was about 50 kilometers only 61

2007 Freeman was at the U.S. Championships in Houghton winner on 19 and 15 kilometers and missed another medal as fifth in the sprint competition. The highlight of the season was the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. It was Freeman's fourth world title fights. The performances by the American fluctuated in Japan very much and ranged from number 62 in the 15 -kilometer freestyle race up to 12th place over 50 km Classic. Again, Freeman's preference for the classical route showed. The following season brought with fifth place over 15 km in Kuusamo, the setting of his best placement and therefore the best result since 2003. At the U.S. national championships in 2008 in Houghton and Fairbanks Freeman was able to achieve best result, only a third place over 10 kilometers. In the 2008 /09 season Freeman posted in the World Cup several results in the top 20 athletes. However, for a surprise he made at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, as he classically to 1.3 seconds missed the bronze medal over 15 kilometers. In the team sprint, he finished with Torin Koos and ranked eleventh in the Relay 13th place. Also in the 2009/10 season succeeded Freeman connection to the world's best to shorten. In Kuusamo, he won again in fourth place on 15 km classic. In Davos, he won over the same distance in free technique seventh place.

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