Ryan Leveille and Dale Herold (V.P. Marketing)
Ryan Leveille (pronounced Lev-ee-ay), a Georgia native, is an inspiration to anyone overcoming the odds to succeed. Two months after trading in his inline skates for short track ice, Ryan won two bronze medals at the 2003 U.S. Short Track National Championship.
Later that year, Ryan suffered a devastating skating accident resulting in a broken back and restricting him to a full body cast for four months.
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Ryan Leveille won a silver and a bronze medal in the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Gangneung City, Korea, March 7-9. Ryan finished 2nd in the 3000m event, beating out Gold Medal Olympian Apolo Ohno, who finished 3rd. In the Men's 1500M, Ryan captured 3rd place. Ryan finished 5th in the overall ranking for the event. He was one of three Americans who qualified to compete in the World Championships.
Men's overall - 3 Americans in the top 8 - unprecedented!
  • OHNO Apolo Anton USA 68 points
  • LEE Ho-Suk KOR 63 pts
  • SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 62
  • LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 42
  • LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 34
  • HAMELIN Charles CAN 34
  • SIMON Jeff USA 11
  • ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 6
  • MONETTE Marc-Andre CAN
  • RODIGARI Nicola ITA

Men's 3000m super final

  • LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 4:53.620
  • LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 4:54.732
  • OHNO Apolo Anton USA 5:00.838
  • LEE Ho-Suk KOR 5:00.939
  • HAMELIN Charles CAN 5:01.867
  • SIMON Jeff USA 5:03.634
  • SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 5:04.307
  • ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 5:13.181

Men's 1500m Final

  • SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 2:18.916
  • EE Ho-Suk KOR 2:18.971
  • LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 2:19.066
  • LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 2:19.127
  • ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 2:19.561
  • MONETTE Marc-Andre CAN 2:19.952