Tristan Gale 40384 203590435 2008-04-05T20:31:49Z Miller17CU94 1510826 World Cup information added {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Women]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze|[[FIBT World Championships 2003|2003 Nagano]]|Women}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Tristan Gale''' (born [[August 10]], [[1980]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who competed from 2001 to 2006. At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], she became the inaugural women's skeleton champion. Gale dyed her hair with streaks of red, white and blue for the 2002 Olympics. During the 2002-2003 season, Tristan won a second gold medal on her home track in Salt Lake during a World Cup stop. She remains undefeated at the [[Utah Olympic Park bobsleigh/luge/skeleton track|track]] in Utah since the Olympics. Gale also won a bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2003|2003 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Nagano]]. She retired before the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]]. Gale's best overall seasonal finish in the [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] was third in 2002-3. A native of [[Ruidoso, New Mexico]], Gale lives in [[Salt Lake City]]. ==References== *[http://www.olympic-usa.org/1413_28528.htm 20 Questions with Tristan Gale] *[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100691&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile] *[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=128462 IOC profile] *[http://sports123.com/ske/wwc.html List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.] *[http://www.tristangale.com/ Official website] *[http://www.thatoneplace.net/tristan/ Thatoneplace.net profile] *[http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1020.htm United States Olympic Committee] *[http://sports123.com/ske/wo.html Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002] *[http://sports123.com/ske/ww.html Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000] {{Footer Olympic Champions Skeleton Women}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gale, Tristan}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:American skeleton racers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic skeleton racers of the United States]] [[Category:People from New Mexico]] [[Category:People from Salt Lake City, Utah]] [[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Winter Olympics medalists]] {{US-wintersport-bio-stub}} {{Skeleton-bio-stub}} [[de:Tristan Gale]] [[fr:Tristan Gale]] [[pl:Tristan Gale]] [[fi:Tristan Gale]]