2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy

David  made his Olympic Winter Games debut in 2006 as a brakeman for the Canada 2 sled in both two- and four-man events. David climbed his way into the Canada 1 sled  in both disciplines .  David was part of Canada's bronze-medal-winning team in four-man bobsled. He also was an injury fill-in as brakeman for Canada's No. 1 two-man sled halfway through the two-man competition. With Bissett in the sled, it rose from 21st place to 15th place over the final two runs.

David pushed Pierre Lueders’ four-man sled to two World Cup podium finishes. David was also part of Pierre Lueders’ four-man team who captured a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.  David honed his athletic power and strength in his years competing with the University of Alberta's football team. His quick speed on the field or icy tracks around the world was developed as a member of his university’s track team, while competing in the 60m sprint. www.bobsleigh.ca

Born and raised in Cooma, an hour's drive from the NSW snowfields, she turned professional at age of 14. It has been a steep trip to the top, guided by her brother. The siblings live in Utah, training and competing while building a successful business around her name. As well as several titles under her belt, Torah has her own line of snow wear. While the lifestyle of the professional athlete may carry the image of a work-hard, play-harder lifestyle, both siblings are Mormons. Neither drink, smoke or engage in sex. ''It's just the way I've chosen to live my life … it's hard to describe,'' Torah said. ''I'm in the world, but not of it.'' www.smh.com.au

Torah Bright won Australia's first gold medal by pulling off a difficult twirling series of tricks in the women's Olympic snowboard halfpipe on Thursday February 18, 2010

Steven Nyman, born and bred in Utah, was skiing at 2 (Dad ran the ski school at Sundance) and was a discretionary pick to the 2002 Junior Worlds squad; two medals launched his U.S. Ski Team career and his first World Cup win in 2007 showed how much he's progressed. theskichannel.com

Also competed in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy

Eagle Mountain, Utah   2010 U.S. skeleton team   Pikus-Pace is the youngest of eight children and a native of Orem. She grew up running track and playing softball at Mountain View High School. She began competing in skeleton in 2001 through a developmental program at the Utah Olympic Park. 

A former softball player and track athlete, Pikus-Pace is at peace with the painful parts of sports. She credits her family, her friends and her faith as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with her ability to embrace whatever comes her way.   "My faith had everything to do with my recovery, with coming back to compete," said Pikus-Pace. "The prayers of everybody else around me, my family, friends. ... I really believe it helped me to recover so quickly.  "Doctors were in awe, they still are as to how quickly I recovered. I was walking within three weeks of having a compound fracture to my lower right leg, which is unheard of. I was competing on the World Cup circuit in six weeks, sprinting with my sled and everything. I really believe it came down to the prayers of my family and also just having faith that if it were supposed to work out then it would. Mormon Times

Shauna Rohbock began the sport of bobsledding in 1999 as a brakewoman before moving into the driver’s seat in 2002. Rohbock was named to the 2006 Olympic team and capped off a successful season by winning a silver medal with brakewoman Valerie Fleming. She finished the 2006-2007 season with seven World Cup medals, ranked second overall in World Cup standings. Rohbock graduated from Brigham Young University in 1999 with a major in recreation management.

She was an All-American athlete in track and soccer while attending BYU. Rohbock was a member of the San Diego Spirit of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) and a member of the Utah National Guard.

 Bill Schuffenhauer was was born to a drug- addicted mother. He started using drugs as a small child and, to not go hungry, scavenged for food from restaurant dumpsters. In junior high he found a love for athletics and eventually went to Weber State University where he made the U.S. Junior national team as a decathlete and went on to compete in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and win a silver medal in the bobsled.