Eli Krieter
Age: 31
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Wins: 0
Races: 24
Mens World Ranking 2019/2020: 94th
Mens World Championship 2019/2020: 86th
Competing Since: Saint Paul 2014
Instagram: @elikrieter
About
When did you learn to skate?
-Learned to skate at age 4
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Did you play hockey growing up?
-Played hockey from age 7.
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What other sports did you play growing up?
-Water skiing, wake boarding, snow skiing, snowboarding, track & cross-country running, inline skating.
If you could do anything non-athletic in your spare time, what is it?
-If I had to do anything non athletic in my spare time it would be relaxing on the water.
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Describe going down an IceCross track for the first time:
-Going down an ice-cross track for the first time: I felt like a three-legged cat trying to bury turds on a frozen pond.
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What first got you interested in the sport?
-First was interested in ice-cross when Crashed Ice first came to St Paul in 2012, and was a spectator for two years.
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If there is one piece of advice that you could offer new riders, what would it be?
-A Piece of advice: take every run you can and go to every race you can. You can never get enough ice time.
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Who is your favorite sports athlete?
-Zach Parise