John Fennell (born May 28, 1995 in Evergreen, Colorado) is an American-Canadian luger who has competed since 2011.[1]
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| Born | May 28, 1995 (age 29) Evergreen, Colorado, U.S. |
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| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Luge |
He competed for Canada in the first-ever Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he finished 7th, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[2] finishing 27th.
He is the son of former Canadian Football League player Dave Fennell and mother Lynne Fennell.[3][4] His brother David Fennell Jr. played fullback on the Michigan State football team.[5]
In May 2014, several months after competing at Sochi, Fennell came out as gay.[3]
Fennell competed well at the Sochi Olympics, but since he did not finish in the top 10. As a result, in order to fulfil his funding needs, Fennell launched a fundraising campaign on the sports crowdfunding platform MAKEACHAMP on December 12, 2014.
In 2016, Fennell took advantage of his dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship and competed for a spot on the U.S. National team. However, during the 2018 U.S. Olympic trials, he crashed his sled and did not make the Olympic team.[6]
