Education
Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University.
He was an alternate in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and retired following the 2007 World Cup season. Chris initially started competing on ice in the sport of luge at age 12, but quit to pursue his freestyle skiing endeavors. He switched entirely to skeleton (sport) in 2002 following its introduction into the Olympic program
Hedquist narrowly missed the qualification for the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin after not competing in the final World Cup Olympic qualifier in Germany, and was named an alternate to the 2006 team
The Olympic selection by the United States. skeleton federation came on the heels of several controversies including the doping suspension of teammate Zach Lund, and firing of the Head Coach over allegations of sexual harassment. During the Games, Hedquist assumed a head coaching position for fellow Irish athlete David Connolly and South African Tyler Botha who raced to a 20th and 21st place respectively.
Since 2006, he starts regularly for the United States. on the World Cup tour. He finished the 2006/2007 season ranked 7th overall in World Cup points.
He participated in his first FIBT World Championships in 2007 in Street.Moritz, Switzerland where he placed twentieth.