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Nathan Crumpton ’08 Qualifies For 2022 Winter Olympics in Skeleton
January 24, 2022 | Men's Track and Field
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For more information on Nathan's Olympic journey, visit his website.
The American Samoa National Olympic Committee has confirmed that Nathan Crumpton '08, a former member of the Princeton University men's track & field team and now skeleton racer, has qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.
Crumpton will become the 140th athlete in history to have competed in both the summer and winter Olympics, as he represented American Samoa at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the 100-meters. Crumpton helped American Samoa return to the Winter Olympics for the first time in 28 years, as it last competed in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games with a two-man Bobsled team.
Crumpton finished fifth overall on the International Cup Tour in 2021, and finished the season ranked 26th in the world. He qualified for the Olympics with a higher Internstional Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) ranking than traditional powers Switzerland, Canada, and the USA.
At Princeton, Crumpton's mark of 15.41 meters ranks eighth all-time on the Tigers' outdoor triple jump list. At the 2008 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships, he finished as runner-up in the triple jump and earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors.
For more information on Nathan's Olympic journey, visit his website.
The American Samoa National Olympic Committee has confirmed that Nathan Crumpton '08, a former member of the Princeton University men's track & field team and now skeleton racer, has qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.
Crumpton will become the 140th athlete in history to have competed in both the summer and winter Olympics, as he represented American Samoa at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the 100-meters. Crumpton helped American Samoa return to the Winter Olympics for the first time in 28 years, as it last competed in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games with a two-man Bobsled team.
Crumpton finished fifth overall on the International Cup Tour in 2021, and finished the season ranked 26th in the world. He qualified for the Olympics with a higher Internstional Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) ranking than traditional powers Switzerland, Canada, and the USA.
At Princeton, Crumpton's mark of 15.41 meters ranks eighth all-time on the Tigers' outdoor triple jump list. At the 2008 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships, he finished as runner-up in the triple jump and earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors.
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