Paul Boehm

Paul Boehm began in 1998 with the sport of skeleton. He is coached by Teresa Schlachter. At international competitions he has participated since the end of 1999. His debut as the 30th he celebrated in the Skeleton World Cup in a race in Calgary. He reached two years later His first notable result, again in Calgary in third place in a race as part of the America's Cup, in the overall standings of the competition he was finished seventh. At the Canadian Championships in 2002, he won the bronze medal.

In December 2002 he came to Lake Placid in fourth place for the first time among the top ten in a World Cup race. In 2003 he started for the first time in Skeleton World Championships. In Nagano, he finished 18th place. In 2005 he won the title at the Canadian championships. The best result in a World Cup race, he reached in November 2005 as a second behind Eric Bernotas in Lake Placid. The climax in a good 2005/06 season, which he finished in sixth place of the overall World Cup, was the participation in the Olympic Games in Turin. He missed in fourth place behind Gregor Stähli the bronze medal just barely.