Cody Sorensen
{{short description|Canadian bobsledder}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|10|6}}[http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=47&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=122564&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=93 FIBT profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505112751/http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=47&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=122564&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=93 |date=2020-05-05 }}, accessed January 5, 2011
| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| residence = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| olympics = Sochi 2014, Beijing 2022
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| titles = He has won the medal d'or
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Königssee|Mixed team}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 St. Moritz|Mixed team}}
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Cody Sorensen (born 6 October 1986) is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. He is a 4-time World Cup medallist, including third place in the four-man event at Park City and Lake Placid in December 2010. As a member of team Spring, Sorensen was ranked 2nd in the World in 4-man bobsleigh in the 2013/2014 season. Cody was named the 2010 Ontario male athlete of the year. In 2022, at 35 years of age, Cody made an unprecedented return to the Olympics after 8 years of retirement and finished 9th in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Cody currently leads the mergers and acquisitions division at [https://www.welchcapitalpartners.com/ Welch Capital Partners] in Ottawa, Canada.
Career
Before being in bobsleigh, Sorensen was a hurdler at the University of Guelph.
In January 2022, Sorensen was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/news/?id=576|title=21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing|date=20 January 2022|website=www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.c|publisher=Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/20/18-bobsleigh-and-3-skeleton-athletes-to-be-on-team-canada-at-beijing-2022/|title=18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=20 January 2022|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web|last=Smart|first=Zack|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/canadian-boblsleigh-team-beijing-olympics-1.6320886|title=Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games|date=20 January 2022|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=20 January 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{IBSF|130292/sorensen-cody}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|cody-sorensen}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Team Canada}}
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Category:Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Canadian male bobsledders
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Canada
Category:Sportspeople from Ottawa
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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