Alanna Kraus

Alanna Kraus (born June 30, 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian short track speed skater. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She competed in three individual events at the 2002 Games. In the 500 m she placed 6th; 8th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.^[1][2][3] She was also a silver medallist at the 2000 Goodwill Winter Games.^[2]

Alanna Kraus

Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	3000 m relay
	2002 Salt Lake City	3000 m relay
World Championships
	2005 Beijing	3000 m relay
	2003 Warsaw	3000 m relay
	2006 Minneapolis	3000 m relay
	2000 Sheffield	3000 m relay
	2004 Gothenburg	1500 m
World Team Championships
	2001 Nobeyama	Team
	2002 Milwaukee	Team
	2005 Chuncheon	Team
	2006 Montreal	Team
Goodwill Games
	2000 Lake Placid	3000 m relay

In the 2006 Winter Olympics she won silver as part of the short track relay team in the 3000 meter race with Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, and Anouk Leblanc-Boucher.^[4] In her only individual event at the Games, the 500  she placed 9th. She won a silver medal in the relay event at the 2006 World Championships.

Personal records
Women's short track speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	43.839	2005-11-12	Bormio
1000 m	1:31.130	2004-11-21	Calgary
1500 m	2:22.640	2004-11-19	Calgary

Personal life

Kraus first started speed skating at age four.^[2] She is one of many Olympic athletes to come from the National Sport School based in Calgary, Alberta.^[5]

References

1. Profile of Alanna Kraus by the Canadian Olympic Committee Archived November 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
2. Profile of Alanna Kraus by Speed Skating Canada Archived May 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
3. Alanna Kraus: Short-track speed skating, London Free Press, February 9, 2006.
4. Byers, Jim, "Canada silver in relay", Toronto Star, February 22, 2006.
5. Bergman, Brian, "Athletes' ABCs: National Sport, Calgary" Archived February 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Maclean's, August 23, 2004.

External links

• Alanna Kraus at the International Skating Union
• Alanna Kraus at Team Canada
• Alanna Kraus at Olympics.com
• Alanna Kraus at Olympedia
• Alanna Kraus at the Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame