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Born 7th March 1972 in Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. After growing up in Rossendale, Kristan Bromley (also known as 'Dr Ice') has since lived in Nottingham, Kuala Lumpar and currently resides in the city of Bath.
Kristan is a full time World Class Performance athlete funded and supported by UK Sport. He currently trains at the University of Bath, which hosts extensive facilities provided by the English Institute of Sport Lottery funding and other support service enabled Kristan to focus on a full time, four year strategy, the ultimate aim being Torino in February 2006.
Kristan studied at Nottingham University gaining a BEng (Hons) in Material & Mechanical Design Engineering. He subsequently studied for his PhD, sponsored by BAESYSTEMS, the focus of which was to design a world beating sled for the British Skeleton team, supporting the Alex Coomber's bronze medal success at the Salt Lake City, Olympic Winter Game 2002.
In 1999, Kristan initiated Ice Sport Technologies Ltd, a performance engineering company dedicated to developing cutting edge sports equipment and technology solutions for winter sports. Kristan also holds a research position at the Sports Engineering Research Group at the University of Bath.
Kristan is supported in season by his brother Richard as his technical support and team manager.
2003/2004 Season
1st overall World Cup Series and World rank no. 1
World Cup series
Round 1 Calgary, CAN - Gold
Round 2 Lake Placid, USA - Gold
Round 3 Lillehammer, NOR - Gold
Round 4 Sigulda, LAT - 7th
Round 5 Altenberg, GER - Gold
Winter Olympics Torino 2006 - 5th placed
European Championships Altenberg, GER – Gold
6 times British Champion
British number one, 1997 to present day.
For the latest results, please visit www.bobsleigh.com and select 'results' from the menu.
Quote from Kristan: "To be truly elite is not only pushing yourself to the absolute limit mentally, physically and technically. It is neither a matter of waiting for others to make mistakes. It is a combination of all these concepts along with an instinctive vision and determination to create and exploit every available opportunity that presents itself."