Trevor Marsicano
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Trevor Marsicano is an American
long-track
speedskater
and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics
, Marsicano won a silver medal for his part in the team pursuit. He did not skate in the final but did skate in the quarterfinals with Chad Hedrick
and Jonathan Kuck
.
Marsicano's breakthrough performance was at the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
where he won four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze). Overall, Marsicano has won two golds, one silver, and two bronze at the World Championships
. Marsicano has also won the overall bronze at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships
.
in the same year, he finished in 20th place.
, Marsicano finished 5th, only being beaten by Sven Kramer
, Håvard Bøkko
, Enrico Fabris
and Wouter Olde Heuvel
.
Marsicano then went on to win four medals at the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
at the Richmond Olympic Oval
. He won the gold medal and became world champion in the 1000 m race, ahead of Denny Morrison
and Shani Davis
. He also won the silver medal in the 1500 m and the bronze medal in the 5000 m and in the eight lap track pursuit event alongside his American team mates Ryan Bedford
and Brian Hansen
.
On March 7, 2009, at the Salt Lake City Olympic Oval, he became the first skater to break the 1:07 barrier in the 1000 m, improving Pekka Koskela
's 1:07.00 world record to 1:06.88. However, this record was further improved upon later in the competition when Shani Davis
skated 1:06.42.
The American
pursuit team consisted of Marsicano, Chad Hedrick
, Jonathan Kuck
, and Brian Hansen
. Kuck, Hedrick, and Marsicano eliminated Japan
in the quarterfinal, which advanced them to face the heavily favored Netherlands
in the semifinal. Kuck, Hedrick, and Hansen then beat the Dutch team by .4 seconds, with a final time of 3:42.71.
The American team were defeated by the Canadians
in the gold medal final. The same trio that skated the semifinal trailed Canada in the gold medal final by as much as 0.73 seconds early in the race, trimming that margin to 0.21 at the finish with a time of 3:41.58. The Canadians hit the line at 3:41.37 to win the gold medal, leaving the American team with silver. The bronze went to the Netherlands, which set an Olympic record in the B final with a time of 3:39.95.
, but switched to short track speed skating at a young age with the Saratoga Winter Club. In 2004, he suffered a very deep open wound to his thigh during a fall with another skater. After his rehabilitation, he changed to long track speed skating.
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long-track
Long track speed skating
Speed skating is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as short track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating...
speedskater
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
, Marsicano won a silver medal for his part in the team pursuit. He did not skate in the final but did skate in the quarterfinals with Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP...
and Jonathan Kuck
Jonathan Kuck
Jonathan Kuck is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kuck won a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Brian Hansen and Chad Hedrick...
.
Marsicano's breakthrough performance was at the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 March and 15 March 2009 in the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, Canada.-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...
where he won four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze). Overall, Marsicano has won two golds, one silver, and two bronze at the World Championships
World Single Distance Championships for Men
The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distance Championships for Men since 1996.-Locations:* 1996 Hamar, Norway* 1997 Warsaw, Poland* 1998 Calgary, Canada* 1999 Heerenveen, Netherlands* 2000 Nagano, Japan...
. Marsicano has also won the overall bronze at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships
World Junior Speed Skating Championships
||valign=top width=50%|In 1971, when the ISU had a congress they decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After 2 test-championships , where only boys where allowed to skate, the first official championship was introduced in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In this championship boys and girls...
.
2007-2008
At his debut at the 2007 World Junior Championships, Marsicano won the overall bronze medal, the first medal won by an American since 1993. The following year at the 2008 World Junior Championships, he finished fourth. At his first senior World Allround2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and the Dutch Sven Kramer became World Champions.-500 meter:-1500 meter:...
in the same year, he finished in 20th place.
2009
At the 2009 World Allround Championships2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar on 7 and 8 February 2009.The Czech Martina Sáblíková and the Dutch Sven Kramer became world champion....
, Marsicano finished 5th, only being beaten by Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
, Håvard Bøkko
Håvard Bøkko
Håvard Bøkko is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.-Speed skating career:In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World...
, Enrico Fabris
Enrico Fabris
Enrico Fabris is a former Italian long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal an in 2008 the...
and Wouter Olde Heuvel
Wouter Olde Heuvel
Wouter Olde Heuvel is a Dutch long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Allround Championships...
.
Marsicano then went on to win four medals at the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 March and 15 March 2009 in the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, Canada.-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...
at the Richmond Olympic Oval
Richmond Olympic Oval
The Richmond Olympic Oval , or the Richmond Oval is a facility in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It was the venue of the speed skating events and the official Olympic anti-doping lab of the 2010 Winter Olympics...
. He won the gold medal and became world champion in the 1000 m race, ahead of Denny Morrison
Denny Morrison
Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from 14 March 2008 to 6 March 2009...
and Shani Davis
Shani Davis
Shani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...
. He also won the silver medal in the 1500 m and the bronze medal in the 5000 m and in the eight lap track pursuit event alongside his American team mates Ryan Bedford
Ryan Bedford
Ryan Bedford is an American speed skater who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:...
and Brian Hansen
Brian Hansen (speed skater)
Brian Hansen is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hansen won a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Jonathan Kuck and Chad Hedrick...
.
On March 7, 2009, at the Salt Lake City Olympic Oval, he became the first skater to break the 1:07 barrier in the 1000 m, improving Pekka Koskela
Pekka Koskela
Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speedskater, specialising on the sprint distances 500-m and 1000-m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000-m with the time 1.07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500-m with the time 35.89...
's 1:07.00 world record to 1:06.88. However, this record was further improved upon later in the competition when Shani Davis
Shani Davis
Shani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...
skated 1:06.42.
2010 Winter Olympics
Marsicano's first race was the 5000 m on February 13. He finished 14th overall, with a 6:30.93. He then competed on February 17 in the 1000 m. In the 1000 m, Marsicano placed 10th with a 1:10.11. In the 1500 m on February 20, he raced a 1:47.84 and placed 15th.The American
United States
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pursuit team consisted of Marsicano, Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP...
, Jonathan Kuck
Jonathan Kuck
Jonathan Kuck is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kuck won a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Brian Hansen and Chad Hedrick...
, and Brian Hansen
Brian Hansen (speed skater)
Brian Hansen is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hansen won a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Jonathan Kuck and Chad Hedrick...
. Kuck, Hedrick, and Marsicano eliminated Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in the quarterfinal, which advanced them to face the heavily favored Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in the semifinal. Kuck, Hedrick, and Hansen then beat the Dutch team by .4 seconds, with a final time of 3:42.71.
The American team were defeated by the Canadians
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in the gold medal final. The same trio that skated the semifinal trailed Canada in the gold medal final by as much as 0.73 seconds early in the race, trimming that margin to 0.21 at the finish with a time of 3:41.58. The Canadians hit the line at 3:41.37 to win the gold medal, leaving the American team with silver. The bronze went to the Netherlands, which set an Olympic record in the B final with a time of 3:39.95.
Personal
Marsicano started playing ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, but switched to short track speed skating at a young age with the Saratoga Winter Club. In 2004, he suffered a very deep open wound to his thigh during a fall with another skater. After his rehabilitation, he changed to long track speed skating.