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Andrew Mock

Shadow Olympic Team 2006
Continental Cup Team

Date of Birth:  February 11th, 1982
Ski Club: Team Lake Mountain
Years Started Skiing: 1985
Coach:  Self-coached
Home Town:  Porepunkah, Victoria
Home Resort: Lake Mountain and Mt. Hotham
Favourite Resort:: Lake Mountain
Mt St Anne, Canada

Height:
 190cm
Weight:  78kg
Occupation: Worker Drone


      

Ultimate Training Session:   40 minutes of bicep curls followed by a few dozen sets of military presses.

Loves:  The erratic heartbeat that you develop after the 4th coffee of the morning, Circa's unique take on fashion.

Hates:  Simultaneously paying child-support in 4 different states, intolerance and racism, Armenians.

Other Interests:   Philanthropy, political incorrectness, relentlessly demeaning the township of Mt. Beauty.

Favourite Meal:  Probably my patented 'weight-gain 2000' sandwich. It contains enough saturated fat to stop the heart of a medium-sized rhinoceros.

Favourite Movie:  'Police Academy 13 - Return to Miami Beach, again'.

Favourite TV show:  Rapidly losing interest in television. That said, some of the Italian game shows I caught over summer weren't bad…

Favourite CD(s): Either Or (Elliot Smith), Recovering the Satellites (Counting Crows), Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits (do singles count?)

Last Book Read:  P.J. O'Rourke's Bachelor Home Companion. What can I say? I'm living the dream…

Who would you most like to go skiing with?   Tim Retchford - I find Masters skiers truly inspiring.

What is your ultimate dream in XC-Skiing?   Oh boy - this could go anywhere… There's a lot of negative chi in the sport at the moment - if I can introduce some more love into XC, I'll retire a happy man.


Competitive history: 

Year

Competition

Distance/Style

Place

2006

Sapporo Ski Marathon, FIN

42km

19th

2005

World Cup, Düsseldorf, GER

Sprint

66th

2005

World Cup, Düsseldorf, GER

Team sprint

Out in semifinal

2005

Australian Championships

Sprint

4th

2005

Australian Championships

15km Freestyle

5th

2005

Bullfight carge

1st

2005

Kangaroo Hoppet

42km Freestyle

8th

2005

Australian Championship

Sprint Freestyle

4th

2005

World Championship, Oberstdorf, GER

15km Freestyle

82nd

2005

World Championship, Oberstdorf, GER

Sprint Classic

68th

2005

World Cup, Reit im Winkl, GER

Sprint Classic

63rd

2005

World University Games, Seefeld, AUT

10km Freestyle

57th

2004

Australian Championship

Sprint Freestyle

2nd (qualification)

2004

Australian Championship

15km Classic

5th

2003

Australian Championships

Sprint - Final

2nd

2003

Australian Championships

Sprint - Qualifying

=1st

2003

Victorian Championships

Sprint - Final

4th

2003

Australian Birkebeiner

21km - freestyle

2nd

2003

World Championship, Val di Fiemme, ITA

15km - classic

67th

2003

World Uni Games

30km - freestyle

51st

2003

Swiss Cup

Sprint - Qualifying

24th

2002

Australian Championships

15km Classic

5th (4th AUS)

2002

Australian Birkebeiner

21km - freestyle

5th

2002

World Junior Championships

10km - freestyle

61st

2001

Australian Championships

15km Classic

7th (5th AUS)

2001

Australian Birkebeiner

21km Freestyle

4th

1999

Australian Junior Championships

10km Freestyle

1st M16

1999

Australian Junior Championships

10km Classic

1stM16

1999

Australian Championships

10km Freestyle

12th

1999

Australian Championships

15km Classic

4th


Equipment:

Skis - Fischer
Poles - Exel
Boots - Alpina
Bindings - Rottefella

 Personal Sponsors: Lake Mountain Resort, Fischer/Excel/Alpina (Robert Green Sales), Rudy Project

 

Updated October 2005


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