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12 Facts About Todd Hays

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Todd Dennys Hays was born on May 21,1969 and is a former American bobsledder who competed from 1994 to 2006.

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Todd Hays won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 2004.

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Todd Hays finished third four times in the Bobsleigh World Cup, earning them twice in combined men's and once each in the two-man and four-man events.

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Todd Hays is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

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Todd Hays played two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League before switching to kickboxing where he became national champion in 1993.

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Todd Hays competed in the 1995 Vale Tudo Freestyle Fighting Championship in Japan.

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Todd Hays is featured in the film Choke: Rickson Gracie, a documentary of the Brazilian fighter's preparation for the 1995 Vale Tudo tournament.

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8.

Todd Hays retired from bobsleigh after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and returned to coaching football in the United States.

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In 2008, Todd Hays attempted a comeback in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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On December 9,2009, Todd Hays sustained an injury during practice at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Winterberg, Germany.

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Subsequently, Todd Hays became a bobsleigh coach, working with Mike Kohn weeks after returning from Winterberg to help him clinch the third slot for the US national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Subsequently, the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced in May 2011 that Todd Hays would take up the position of head coach for the US women's team from July of that year.