Date of Birth: June 10, 1968 Birthplace: Hartford, CN Residence: Lake Placid, NY Height: 5'11" Weight: 180 lbs.

Jim Shea, Jr.

Shea is the first 3rd-generation Winter Games athlete—following in the footsteps of his father Jim Shea Sr., who made the Winter Games team in 1964, and his late grandfather Jack Shea, who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Games. In 1999, Jimmy Shea became the first American to win the Skeleton World Championships. The skeleton—a headfirst cousin of the luge—was an Winter Games event in 1928 and again in 1948.

Career Highlights

• 2000-2001 season finished third in World Cup standings
• Silver medal in the North American Championships (Feb. 2000)
• Gold medal at the Inaugural Winter Goodwill Games in Lake Placid (Feb. 2000)
• Third in the World Championships in Igls, Austria (Feb. 2000)
• Set track record in National Team Selection Races in Park City of 50.59 (1999)
• Third at the World Cup held in Nagano, Japan (Dec. 1999)
• First American to ever win the Skeleton World Championship in Winterberg, Germany (Feb. 1999)
• Gold medal at the Stubai Cup in Igls (1999)
• Bronze medal at the Austrian Championships (1999)
• First American to win a gold in Skeleton World Cup (Altenberg- Jan. 1998)
• Top finisher for the U.S. in every race of the 1998-99 season
• Third in Calgary World Cup (Dec. 1998)
• Winner of Push Championships (1995, 1997 & 1998)
• Won Empire State Games (1996)
• Gold medal in 1996 National Championships in Lake Placid, bronze in 1995
• Voted "Rookie of the Year" in 1995.