Jesse Lumsden
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Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||
Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | August 3, 1982|||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | |||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||
Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Status | Retired |
Edmonton Eskimos | |
2010 | Calgary Stampeders |
*Inactive and/or practice squad member only | |
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CFL East All-Star | 2007 |
Jesse Lumsden (born August 3, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic
Career
Football
Lumsden is the son of former CFL
Lumsden was signed as an undrafted
Lumsden was timed consistently around 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash during his playing career.[citation needed]
Bobsled
Lumsden took part in the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics as a member of Pierre Lueders' bobsleigh team; he was the brakeman in the two-man sled that won the Canadian National Bobsleigh championships at the Whistler Sliding Centre, March 21, 2009. It was expected that he participated in both the two-man and four-man teams in the 2009–10 world competitions leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6] On January 27, 2010 Lumsden was named to the 2010 Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team[7] where he and driver Pierre Lueders finished fifth both in the two-man and in the four-man bobsleigh events. During the Olympics, he and his four-man bobsled team flipped over during a false turn. Justin Kripps and the others walked out of the accident untouched.
Lumsden became partners with Lyndon Rush at the beginning of the 2012 season and the duo won their first World Cup Gold medal together in the two-man event on February 3, 2012.[8] It was the first gold medal of Lumsden's career and his second medal overall. On February 19, 2012 the pair won a silver medal at the world bobsleigh championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.[9] In 2013 Lumsden allowed Rush to win the overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh title.[10]
Lumsden qualified for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics as a member of the Canada 1 four-man bobsled team, and a member of the Canada 2, two-man bobsled. Lumsden finished 7th overall in the 2-man Bobsled competition, finishing 1.4 seconds behind the leader through 4 heats.[11][12]
References
- ^ Notable Alumni. Tcs.on.ca. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
- ^ Career Archived September 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. JesseLumsden28.com. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
- ^ Washington Redskins News – Canadian Signs Two-Year Deal With Redskins – January 24, 2006. The-hogs.net. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
- ^ "Stampeders sign RB Lumsden to practice roster agreement". The Sports Network. September 20, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Calgary Stampeders – Locker Room Blog". October 30, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.
- ^ Lalji, Farhan (2009-03-23). "Following bobsleigh title, Lumsden could go to Olympics". TSN.ca. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ "Lumsden hits the Olympic Track". CFL Enterprises. February 16, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ Canada's Rush And Lumsden Win Bobsled Gold At World Cup
- ^ "Canada's Rush, Lumsden capture world bobsleigh silver". CBC Sports. 19 February 2012.
- ^ Camu, Michael (February 16, 2013). "Canada's Lyndon Rush, Lumsden capture World Cup bobsleigh title". CBC Sports. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ "Canada Bobsled team members at Sochi". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 – Two-man Bobsled results". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
External links
- Naylor, David (2009-02-14). "All eyes on Lumsden". Globe and Mail.
- JesseLumsden28.com Official website
- Canadian Football League bio
- Jesse Lumsden at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Jesse Lumsden on Twitter