Russell Currier
Russell Currier ( born June 18, 1987 in Caribou ) is an American biathlete.
Russell Currier lives in Stockholm and trained in Fort Kent. He works in a restaurant, competes for the Maine Winter Sports Center and the Northern Skiers Club Ski Club and is coached by Gary Colliander. Currier achieved some success in the youth and junior level. In 2004, he competed in Haute Maurienne in his first Junior World Championships. Best results were rank 21 in pursuit. 2005 Kontiolahti, 2006 in Presque Isle and 2007 in Martell, he could not improve his results in 2008 in Ruhpolding when he reached 15 in singles and Sprint as well as 20th in the pursuit of better results. Rank 15 reached the Americans in 2007 in a single in Cesana San Sicario in his first appearance in the Junior European Cup. In the following sprint he finished in third place for the first time an international podium. In 2006, he joined the cross-country skiing at the U.S. Junior Championships in Houghton and won the title more than 15 kilometers.
Just next time he started his youth several times in races in the adult area. So far, he was five times national champion in Maine. In the North American Championships in 2006 in Valcartier, he finished second in the sprint and third in the pursuit. Peak in Currier's career has been the participation in the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Ostersund. He was 79th in singles and together with Tracy Barnes, Laura Spector and Jeremy Teela 16th in the mixed relay. Three times he competed in Nové Město na Moravě at the Biathlon World Championships 2008. Best result was a 17th place in singles.
In the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Pyeongchang he was in the sprint over 10 km and 57 in the pursuit over 12.5 kilometers and 56 therewith Last. With the season he reached about 4 x 7.5 km, together with Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke and Jeremy Teela the 21th Place. With the mixed relay, he reached the 18th place. In the 2009/10 season Currier reached primarily successes in North America and missed the 2010 Winter Olympics against Wynn Roberts. In the overall standings of the Biathlon NorAm Cup 2009/2010, he finished behind Zach Hall the second place, he won two races and was second as often. In the North American Championships in Biathlon 2010 in Fort Kent Currier missed as sixth -placed in the sprint of a medal and entered not to prosecute. In the concluding mass start race he won the gold rank. There were also the U.S. Championships. In the World Cup 2011/2012 in Nove Mesto Russell Currier was not only the first time win the World Cup points, but he succeeded in sixth place in the sprint at the same time his first placing in the top ten. He improved so that at its best placement by 50 ranks. In Pursuit Fell he was almost 30 and 35 ranks back the sixth he repeated in Kontiolahti in a sprint race.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
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