Ryan Davenport

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Medal record
Skeleton
World Championships
Gold 1996 Calgary Men
Gold 1997 Lake Placid Men
Bronze 1995 Lillehammer Men

Ryan Davenport is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 1999. He won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (1996, 1997) and one bronze (1995).

A native of Calgary, Alberta, Davenport makes his own sleds that are in use by other for the Skeleton World Cup from the FIBT (International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation) from his home in De Winton, Alberta. He is the cousin of Melissa Hollingsworth, a skeleton racer also from Canada.

Davenport won the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title in 1995-6.

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World champions in men's skeleton.
1982: Gert Elsässer * 1989: Alain Wicki * 1990: Michael Grünberger * 1991: Christian Auer * 1992: Bruce Sandford * 1993: Andi Schmid * 1994: Gregor Stähli * 1995: Jürg Wenger * 1996: Ryan Davenport * 1997: Ryan Davenport * 1998: Willy Schneider * 1999: Jimmy Shea * 2000: Andy Böhme * 2001: Martin Rettl * 2003: Jeff Pain * 2004: Duff Gibson * 2005: Jeff Pain * 2007: Gregor Stähli * 2008: Kristan Bromley
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World Cup champions in men's skeleton
1986-7: Andi Schmid * 1987-8: Andi Schmid * 1988-9: Alain Wicki * 1989-90: Christian Auer * 1990-1: Christian Auer * 1991-2: Christian Auer * 1992-3: Franz Plangger * 1993-4: Christian Auer * 1994-5: Christian Auer * 1995-6: Ryan Davenport * 1996-7: Alexander Müller * 1997-8: Willy Schneider * 1998-9: Andy Böhme * 1999-2000: Andy Böhme * 2000-1: Lincoln DeWitt * 2001-2: Gregor Stähli * 2002-3: Chris Soule * 2003-4: Kristan Bromley * 2004-5: Jeff Pain * 2005-6: Jeff Pain * 2006-7: Zach Lund * 2007-8: Kristan Bromley
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