吉姆•谢亚 （jim shea） （雪车 美国）
park city, utah olympic park, 20 february 2002: jim shea of the usa in action on his way to winning the gold medal in the men's skeleton during the salt lake city olympic winter games.
born: 10 june 1968
birthplace: hartford (united-states)
nationality: united-states
sport: bobsleigh
attendance at the olympic games
salt lake city 2002
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
other results:
world championships
gold: 1 (99)
silver: 1 (97)
bronze: 1(00)
propelled by his grandfather's spirit
jim shea was a third-generation olympian. his grandfather, jack, a native of lake placid, new york, read the athletes' oath at the 1932 lake placid games and then won two gold medals in speed skating (500m and 1'500m). jim's father, james, participated in cross country skiing and in nordic combined at the 1964 innsbruck olympics.
jim himself began as a bobsledder and then switched to skeleton because it was less expensive and more exciting. after winning the world championship in 1999, shea qualified for the united states olympic team in 2002.
this made his family proud, but, tragically, 91-year-old jack was killed by a drunken driver only 17 days before the opening ceremony. in salt lake city, jim competed with a photograph of his grandfather inside his helmet. shea recorded the fastest time of the first run and then held on in the second run to defeat martin rettl for the gold medal by five hundredths of a second.
生日：1968年6月10日
出生地：哈特福德，美国
国籍: 美国
项目: 雪车
参加奥运会时间：
2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌1 枚 1999年
银牌1 枚 1997年
铜牌1 枚 2000年
在祖父的精神激励下前进
吉姆•谢亚是家里参加奥运会的第三代运动员，他的爷爷杰克曾经参加了1932年美国普莱西德湖冬季奥运会，并在500米和1500米速滑中夺取 两枚金牌，吉姆的父亲，詹姆士，参加了1964年在奥地利因斯布鲁克举行的冬奥会越野滑雪和北欧两项的比赛。吉姆在运动员生涯的早期从事雪橇训练，后来他 转向花费更低廉，更刺激的俯式冰橇项目。1999年，他在世界锦标赛中获得冠军，并获得代表美国参加2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会的资格，这让他们全家都非 常兴奋；不幸的是，他91岁的爷爷杰克在盐湖成冬奥会开幕前的17天被一名醉酒的司机撞死，无法看到吉姆在奥运会上的英姿。在盐湖城比赛场上，吉姆把爷爷 的照片放在自己的头盔里，在比赛的第一轮，他就创造最快速度，名列第一，随后在第二轮比赛中锁定胜局，夺取金牌，