Shauna Rohbock
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Born | Shauna Linn Rohbock[1] April 4, 1977 Provo, Utah, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Brigham Young University (BS, 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Valerie Fleming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 150 lb (68 kg)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career start | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allegiance | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service | United States Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 2000–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Staff sergeant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shauna Linn Rohbock (born April 4, 1977) is a retired Olympic medal-winning bobsledder, former professional soccer player, and is a staff sergeant in the Utah Army National Guard.[4] After retiring from competitions she worked as a bobsled coach at the Utah Olympic Park.[3]
Early life
[edit]Rohbock was raised in Orem, Utah, and is a graduate of Orem's Mountain View High School and Brigham Young University, where she studied recreation management.[4] She graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Science in 1999.[5] She is the middle child among seven siblings, and has five sisters and one brother.[3] Rohbock is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6]
While attending college, she set several BYU Cougars women's soccer records, scoring 95 goals in 368 shots during her 90-game career there. Her 95 goals places her sixth (as of 2006) on the NCAA career scoring list.[7]
In 2000 she joined the Utah Army National Guard and became a member of the National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program.[3]
Soccer career
[edit]At the professional level, she played for the San Diego Spirit of the Women's United Soccer Association in 2003.[8]
Bobsleigh career
[edit]Rohbock competed in the bobsled at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning silver in the two-woman event with teammate Valerie Fleming. Rohbock's best overall finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second in 2006–2007 with Fleming. She won her first career World Cup win at the Calgary race, followed by a second win at the World Cup held at Park City, Utah on December 8, 2006. She delivered a 48.73 second run that shattered the Park City track record previously set by Jill Bakken in 2002. Rohbock and Fleming has also won bronze medals at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007. Rohbock has competed in bobsled since 1999. At the 2009 world championships in Lake Placid, New York, she won a silver medal in the two-woman event with Elana Meyers, then won a bronze in the mixed team event.
Rohbock was named to the US Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Olympics on January 16, 2010, where she finished sixth in the two-woman event.[2]
She coached the Brazilian men's bobsled team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, a role she combined with a position as part of the coaching team for the United States squad.[9]
In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Rohbock to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.[10]
Career highlights
[edit]- Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 – Torino, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- World Championships
- 2005 – Calgary, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2007 – St. Moritz, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2009 – Lake Placid, 2nd with Elana Meyers
- World Cup
- 2004/2005 – Altenberg, 3rd with Erin Pac
- 2004/2005 – Igls, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2004/2005 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2005/2006 – Calgary, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2005/2006 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2006 – Igls, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2006 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Calgary, 1st with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Park City, 1st with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Igls, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Winterberg, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2006/2007 – Königssee, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2007/2008 – Park City, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2007/2008 – Cesana, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2007/2008 – Winterberg, 3rd with Valerie Fleming
- 2008/2009 – Altenberg, 3rd with Elana Meyers
- 2008/2009 – Igls, 2nd with Valerie Fleming
- 2008/2009 – Königssee, 1st with Valerie Fleming
- 2008/2009 – Whistler, 1st with Elana Meyers
Personal life
[edit]Rohbock is no longer married to former spouse Valerie Fleming and has two children.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Congratulatory Letter – To: Shauna Linn Rohbock – From: POTUS/FLOTUS". RE015 (Olympics), File 690174 [5]. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. March 27, 2006. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via National Archives and Records Administration.
- ^ a b Shauna Rohbock. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c d e Shauna Rohbock.teamusa.org
- ^ a b National Guard Soldier Takes Olympic Silver Medal Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, a February 2006 press release from the American Forces Information Service
- ^ McIlvain, Ryan B. (2006). "Sliding into Silver". Y Magazine. Brigham Young University. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ Hong, Erin (August 6, 2012) After the Games, 5 Mormon Olympians worked at BYU; what are the other 41 doing?. Deseret News
- ^ BYU Women's Soccer Records, from the official BYU Athletics website
- ^ Athlete details Archived August 12, 2007, at archive.today from the website of the Organising Committee of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
- ^ Lopes, Marina (February 22, 2018). "Brazil's underdog bobsled team, the Frozen Bananas, is basically a real-life 'Cool Runnings'". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "US President Trump appoints Shauna Rohbock and Herschel Walker to Sports Council". ibsf.org. May 8, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Preece, Brian E. (October 18, 2019). "Shauna Rohbock is inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame". Daily Herald. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
External links
[edit]- 16 January 2010 US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic women's bobsled team. – accessed January 18, 2010.
- Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002
- Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 5, 2011)
- Shauna Rohbock at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
- WUSA player profile
- BYU soccer profile
- BYU track and field profile
- WCAP profile
- Health.gov profile
- 1977 births
- Living people
- American female bobsledders
- BYU Cougars women's soccer players
- American Latter Day Saints
- Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Female United States Army personnel
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
- Sportspeople from Orem, Utah
- San Diego Spirit players
- Women's United Soccer Association players
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- Sports coaches from Utah
- United States Army non-commissioned officers
- United States women's international soccer players
- Utah National Guard personnel
- 21st-century American sportswomen