User:TeamKleba/sandbox/Austin Kleba

Austin Kleba US Speedskater ...

Name: Austin Kleba

Sport: Speedskating

Discipline(s): Long Track Speedskating

Height: 5-6

Weight: 150

DOB: 7/27/1999

Birthplace/Hometown: Campton Hills, Ill.

High School: St. Charles North HS (Illinois)

Current Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

World Championship Experience 2018-19 Junior World Championships - 1000m 6th; Team Sprint 9th; Team Pursuit 9th; 500m 46th 2016-17 - Junior World Championships - 500m 15th; 21st overall; 1000m 30th; 1500m 31st; 5000m 32nd 2015-16 - Junior World Championships - Mass Start 5th; 1000m 30th; 1500m 32nd; 500m 55th

Youth Olympic Games Experience 2015-16 - Youth Olympic Games - NOS Team Sprint Silver; 1500m 5th; 500m 6th

Other Career Highlights 2021 US Long Track Men's Sprint Champion 2021 US Championships - 500m Gold 2019-22 Long Track National Training Program 2018-19 Junior World Cup 3 - 1000m Gold 2018-19 World Cup 4 - Heerenveen - 1000m (B) 20th 2018 Fall Long Track World Cup Team - 1000m 2018 U.S. Short Track Olympic Trials 2017-18 - World Cup Team for World Cup 4 2017-18 - U.S. Junior National Record - 500m 2017-18 - Roseville Track Record 2016-17 - AmCup Men's Sprint Champion 2016-17 - U.S. Junior National Championships - 500m Gold; 1000m Gold; 1500m Gold; 5000m Silver 2015-16 - U.S. Junior A/B National Champion - 500m; 1000m; 1500m 2014-15 - Named Glen Ellyn Speed Skating’s Rookie of the Year 2014 - Named US Speedskating’s Top Long Track Male Junior C

Personal: Austin is the son of John and Stephanie Kleba and has an older sister, Symphony Madison... Austin began skating at 3 ½ years old on hockey skates, and played competitive hockey for 12 years before transitioning to Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club in 2014. Austin lists his inspiration for skating is five-time Olympic gold medalist Eric Heiden. Halfway through his junior year of high school Austin moved to Milwaukee to pursue Long Track Training at the Pettit Center. Father, John, is half Norwegian ... Mother 1/2 Scottish/Irish. Hobbies include; making music, down hill skiing, hiking, and biking.