Shane Dobbin: 09/01/2009

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Written by T Dobbin

After a successful Summer racing inlines for Cado Motus it was back on the ice in September. After spending three weeks in Salt Lake City and getting a long track race under his belt, as well as a week training camp with his marathon team DSB Bank, Shane is preparing as best he can for this upcoming winter.

In July Shane was given permission to be able to race marathons with his team DSB Bank, as well as race some of the World Cup this coming winter to try to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for both the Five kilometer and the Ten kilometer events. It will be a busy winter for Shane but he is up for the Challenge.

This coming weekend, Shane will be racing in Erfurt in a long track event. On Saturday he will be racing the 1500 meters and Sunday the 5 kilometer event. It will be his second race of the season after competiting in the Dessert Classic in Salt Lake City mid September.

Keep posted throughout the Winter for updates and news on Shane's journey.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Race Calendar 2010-2011

SEPTEMBER
25/09/2010 Desert Classic - Salt Lake City

OCTOBER
9/10/2010 Salt Lake City
16/10/2010 Salt Lake City

NOVEMBER
12-14/11/2010 ISU World Cup - Heerenveen
19-21/11/2010 ISU World Cup - Berlin
27-28/11/2010 ISU World Cup - Hamar

DECEMBER

JANUARY
15-16/1/2011 Regional Qualifier - Salt Lake City
28-30/1/2011 ISU World Cup - Moscow

FEBRUARY
11-13/2/2011 ISU World All Round Championships - Calgary
19-20/2/2011 ISU World Cup - Salt Lake City

MARCH
4-6/3/2011 ISU World Cup Finale - Heerenveen
10-13/3/2011 ISU World Single Distance Championships - Inzell

About Shane

Born and raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Shane started his sporting career as an inline speed skater and is currently four times World Champion. In 2008 Shane decided it was time to change his life and is now focusing his sporting life on Ice Speed Skating. Shane represented New Zealand in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver finishing 17th in the 5,000 meter and continued into the next Winter Olympic Games in 2014 in Sochi, Russia where Shane finished in the 7th in the 10,000m. Shane was the New Zealand Flag Bearer at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, in which to date is one of his greatest sporting moments. After Retiring in 2014, Shane spend the next two years living some what of a "normal" life. Dreaming of putting his skates back on and fulfilling his Olympic dream was definitely in his future. After many years on injuries Shane went to see the best in the Business who managed to have him back on his skates within four weeks and back training again! So twelve months ago the "come back" was committed too and now Shane is training to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympic games in Korea. Read more

The Facts

LIVES: Gold Coast, Australia (part-time)

Where ever there is ice for the remainder!

HOME: Palmerston North, NZ

NATIONALITY: New Zealand

AGE: 31 (22 Jan 1980)

HEIGHT: 183cm

WEIGHT: 76kg

WORLD TITLES: 4

YEARS SKATING: Inline - 20, Ice - 6

PB's:

500m - 37.31

1000m - 1.11,81

1500m - 1.46,19

3000m - 3.46,81

5000m - 6:15,69

10,000m - 13.04,36

CAREER HIGHLIGHT:

"Definately has to be walking into the 2014 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony wearing The Te Mahutonga after being named the New Zealand Flag Bearer"

FAVORITE QUOTE:

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a Champion.'" - Muhammad Ali

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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