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Canada’s athletes in Sochi: Meet bobsleigh pusher Ben Coakwell

Canada's Chris Spring and his team (Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen, Ben Coakwell) negotiate a bend during the second Four-Man Bob event of the Bob and Skeleton World Cup in Winterberg January 5, 2014. Spring is ranked fourth overall.
Canada's Chris Spring and his team (Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen, Ben Coakwell) negotiate a bend during the second Four-Man Bob event of the Bob and Skeleton World Cup in Winterberg January 5, 2014. Spring is ranked fourth overall. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

Sport: Bobsleigh

Age: 26

Hometown: Moose Jaw, Sask.

Accomplishments:

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  • 2012 bronze medalist on the World Cup circuit.

Interesting Fact: Like teammate Jesse Lumsden, Ben Coakwell was a running back in university, playing for the University of Saskatchewan. After watching Lumsden make the successful transition from football to bobsleigh, Coakwell was inspired.

Chances: The Canada-2 sleigh, of which Coakwell is a part, has an outside shot at making the podium in Sochi.

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