Kyle Tress


Kyle Tress is an American Olympic skeleton racer who competed from 2002 until 2017. He placed 25th in the 2011 FIBT World Championships in Konigssee, Germany. His best World Cup finish was 5th in the men's event at St. Moritz, Switzerland on January 11, 2013 and Lake Placid, NY on November 5, 2012. On January 18, 2014, Tress was named to the 2014 Olympic team. His last World Cup race was in February, 2017, at Igls, where he finished in 19th place; the following season, Tress began coaching the Japanese national team.

Personal life

A native of New Jersey, Tress graduated in 1999 from South Hunterdon Regional High School.
Tress lives and trains in Lake Placid, New York at the United States Olympic Training Center.
He will be attending Yale University in the fall of 2018.