Kristan finished the season in 6th place overall in the World Cup. Highlights of the season were a Bronze Medal in Park City and a Silver medal in St. Moritz. The season's results were; Round 1: Park City, USA Bronze Medal Round 2:Lake Placid, USA 9th place Round 3:Cesana, Italy 16th place Round 4:Winterberg, Germany 6th place Round 5:Altenberg, Germany 13th place Round 6: Konigssee, Germany 4th place Round 7: St Moritz, Switzerland Silver Medal Round 8: Igls, Austria 8th place. The Igls race also counted as the 2010 European Championships, and Kristan finished in 7th place.
On 29 January 2010, Kristan was officially announced as part of the Team GB Skeleton Bobsleigh squad to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Other squad members included Adam Pengilly, with Shelley Rudman and Amy Williams in the women's competition. Bromley finished sixth in the men's event.
Skeleton sled work
Nicknamed Doctor Ice by the British media because he earned a PhD from the University of Nottingham in 1999 with a thesis entitled "Factors affecting the performance of skeleton bobsleds". He appeared in an episode of Discovery Channel's Building the Winter Games documentary, showing his preparation for the 2006 Winter Olympics, building his sled, and being introduced to the Cesana Pariolbobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track for the first time. Kristan raced on sleds designed and produced with his brother Richard by their company, Bromley Technologies Ltd. In 2007, Kristan and the company relocated from Bath to the Sheffield area. Kristan trained at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield whilst the sleds were manufactured in the city. Kristan was supported by Bromley Technologies' Formula Ice 2010 programme, which supported Kristan, Shelley Rudman and Nicola Minichiello.
Personal life
Kristan Bromley, known as "Dr Ice", graduated with a BEng in Mechanical Design, Materials and Manufacture from The University of Nottingham in 1994, before earning his Ph.D. in materials engineering after writing a thesis called Factors Affecting the Performance of Skeleton Bobsleigh Bromley is married to Shelley Rudman, who won the silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 games in Turin. Rudman received her medal while Bromley was competing in the men's skeleton event. He has two daughters with Rudman, Ella Rudman, born in October 2007, and Sofia Rudman-Bromley, born January 2015. Bromley was sponsored by the global marketing agency, GyroHSR, and King of Shaves.
