United Sates Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (USBSF)
Western Skeleton Coach, Robbie Lyon
Robbie began sliding Luge in 1998, which includes eight years of experience in many capacities on the Utah Olympic Park track. He is a former member of the U.S. Junior National Luge Team where he competed in the 2003 Olympic Trials, U.S. Nationals, U.S. Junior Nationals, North American Championships and the Jr. World Cup Circuit. During his competitive years he won more then 35 medals and in 2002-2003 he was counted as one of the top ten junior athletes in the world. With his extensive knowledge of “the lines” on the Utah Olympic Park track and his love for the sliding sports he has piloted Summer Bobsled rides (The Comet), is the UOP Head Coach for training new Comet drivers and is a track announcer for all the sliding sports at Utah Olympic Park. His international experience on most every track in the World and his thousands of runs on the Utah Olympic Park track guarantees that he “knows ice” and he “knows lines”. Robbie was recently named the Head Skeleton Coach for the University Games to be held in Winterberg, Germany and the Skeleton Junior World Championships in Igles, Austria. The USFSB has also nominated him for the United States Olympic Committee Development Coach of the Year, which will be awarded in the spring of 2005.