Anthony Lobello Jr
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Anthony J. Lobello, Jr. is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 2006 Olympics and will participate in the qualifying event to take place in Marquette
, Michigan
September 8–12, 2009, for the 2010 Olympics.
With only three years of speed skating experience prior to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, Lobello surprised the field and made the team.He is the highest ranking American (7th) in the 500-meter event for the 2008-2009 World Cup season,http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000029&gen=m&ref=5388&view=wcl which places him ahead of the gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno
.
Lobello was named Colorado's Red-Hot Bachelor by Cosmopolitan
magazine in 2005. In addition to all of this, Lobello is an undergraduate student at the University of Utah
, majoring in Communications and maintaining a 3.6 GPA.
Lobello trains on the Olympic Oval
in Kearns, Utah
, along with teammate Ohno. When asked how he feels about his competition, Lobello said, “It’s a unique sensation training everyday with the same guys I will compete against every Sunday.”
The U.S. Speed Skating Team is ranked 3rd in the world. This team includes several prior Olympic Games medalists. NBC
recently announced it will air all the speed skating events in prime-time television to the United States.
Anthony Lobello is 27 and is currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also considering to come back to Marquette, Michigan to train for the 2014 Olympics.
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
September 8–12, 2009, for the 2010 Olympics.
With only three years of speed skating experience prior to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, Lobello surprised the field and made the team.He is the highest ranking American (7th) in the 500-meter event for the 2008-2009 World Cup season,http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000029&gen=m&ref=5388&view=wcl which places him ahead of the gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time....
.
Lobello was named Colorado's Red-Hot Bachelor by Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine in 2005. In addition to all of this, Lobello is an undergraduate student at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, majoring in Communications and maintaining a 3.6 GPA.
Lobello trains on the Olympic Oval
Olympic Oval
The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a covered speed skating oval built for the 1988 Winter Olympics. It is the official designated training center for Speed Skate Canada and the Canadian National Speed Skating team. It is located on the University of Calgary campus...
in Kearns, Utah
Kearns, Utah
Kearns is a township and census-designated place in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns, it had a population of 35,731 at the 2010 Census.This was a 6.2 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 33,659...
, along with teammate Ohno. When asked how he feels about his competition, Lobello said, “It’s a unique sensation training everyday with the same guys I will compete against every Sunday.”
The U.S. Speed Skating Team is ranked 3rd in the world. This team includes several prior Olympic Games medalists. NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
recently announced it will air all the speed skating events in prime-time television to the United States.
Anthony Lobello is 27 and is currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also considering to come back to Marquette, Michigan to train for the 2014 Olympics.