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'''Jeff Pain''' (born on [[December 14]], [[1970]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]) is an [[United States|American]]-born, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who has competed since 1995. He is regarded as the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program.
Pain has had an 11-year career with 15 World Cup podium finishes, 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. This included winning the men's [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] overall title twice (2004-5, [[2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup|2005-6]]). He represented [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] where he finished with a [[silver medal]] behind fellow Canadian [[Duff Gibson]]. One distinguishing feature of Pain's skeleton gear is his custom-painted [[helmet]], depicting the face of an enraged [[beaver]].
Pain also won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with two golds ([[FIBT World Championships 2003|2003]], [[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005]]) and a silver ([[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001]]).
==References==
*[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100562&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/mwc.html List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/mo.html Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/mw.html Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989]
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