About Leslie
Name: Leslie Rae Stratton
Birthdate: 9 July 1992
Hometown: New Hampshire, USA / Falun, Sweden
Height: 162.5cm
Weight: 62kg
University: St. Lawrence University (B.S.) / Tufts University (M.S., Exp: 2024) / Dartmouth College (Business Certificate, Tuck Next Step Athlete Transition Program, Exp: 2024)
Occupation: Human Factors Engineer- Systems Engineer (Aviation, Avionics); Masters Student (Human Factors Engineering/Mechanical Engineering)
Swedish National Skeleton Team
- Year Started: 2015
- Skeleton World Championships: 2019 (21st), 2020 (26th), 2021 (qualified- absent due to injury)
- Skeleton European Championships: 2020 (17th), 2021 (qualified-absent due to injury), 2022 (13th)
- Career Highlights:
- Qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China; wasn't sent by Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) due to secondary National Olympic Committee (NOC) qualification standards (Top 8, World Ranking)
- World Cup Skeleton Athlete: Qualified Sweden a spot every year since 2018
- First Swedish Skeleton Athlete in history to win an International Bobsleigh and Skeleton (IBSF) Race (2018 Nov; Park City, Utah)
- World Cup Best: 18th Place (Lake Placid, NY and Konigssee, Germany)
- Made history when skeleton was played on SVT (Swedish National Television) for the first time
- Qualified for the World Cup Circuit since 2019 (this will be broadcasted on NBC/Olympic Channel, YouTube) based on high ranking
- 2019 North American Cup: 2nd Place Overall
- 2021 North American Cup: 4th Place Overall
- 2022 North American Cup: 3rd Place Overall
- Medaled in nine international (IBSF) races
- Frequent Colour Commentator for the IBSF YouTube Channel and NBC's Olympic Channel alongside Martin Haven, for both Men's Skeleton and Women's Bobsleigh.
Swedish National Softball Team
- Year Started/Ended: 2013-2019
- Softball European Championships: 2015 (10th), 2019 (15th)
- Positions: Utility
- 2019 EM: 1.000 Fielding Percentage. 0.333 Batting Average
- Started every game; played every position but 1st base, 2nd base, and pitcher
- 2015 EM: Ranked 3rd in RBI's and Top 25 in Batting Average in Europe
- Team Sweden had the top Batting Average in Europe
- 2015 Baltic Open: Best Batter Award
Other Accomplishments
- Team USA Bobsleigh and Skeleton: 2015-2018
- 2018 US Olympic Trials Athlete
- 2018 Western Regional Champion
- 2015 Eastern Regional Champion
- USA Bobsleigh: 2014-2015; part of the first all-women team to compete in an international four-man race
- Skovde Saints: 2014-2016
- Member of the Skovde Saints Softball Team in the Swedish Senior Softball Division
- Falun Ravens: 2023-
- Member of the Falun Ravens Softball Team in the Swedish Senior Softball Division
- 2023 Swedish Champions (SM-GULD)
- Bishop Brady High School (Concord, NH) Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
- Build Through Sport (BTS), Board Member
(Above Photo: Grega Valančič)
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(Above Photo: Kerstin Stratton)
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(Above Photo: Softball Europe)
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(Below Photo: Unknown)