John Fennell

John Fennell
Personal information
Born May 28, 1995 (age 19)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

John Fennell (born May 28, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2011.[1] He competed for Canada in the first ever Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he finished 7th, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[2] finishing 27th.

He is the son of former Canadian Football League player Dave Fennell.[3]

In May 2014, several months after competing at Sochi, Fennell came out as gay.[3]

Fennell competed well at the Sochi Olympics, but since he did not finish in the top 10, he is now only partially funded by the Canadian Luge Association. As a result, in order to fulfil his funding needs, Fennell launched a fundraising campaign on the sports crowdfunding platform, MAKEACHAMP on December 12th, 2014. [4]

References

  1. ↑ John Fennell at Canada Luge
  2. ↑ Calgary's John Fennell makes first Olympic luge team. Calgary Sun, December 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Luger John Fennell tells the world he's gay". Regina Leader-Post, May 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://makeachamp.com/johncanluge