21. Luge At The 2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia 2002 Winter olympic Games luge. Singles, Men The German women sweep the podiumin the sport for the fifth time in history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics

Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. edit 2002 Winter Olympic Games Luge Singles, Men Medal Athlete Time Gold Armin Z¶ggeler (ITA) Silver Georg Hackl (GER) Bronze Markus Prock (AUT) Hackl's fifth medal in a row, but no fourth gold in a row. He becomes the first person to win 5 medals in one event in either the summer or winter games. Doubles, Men Medal Athletes Time Gold Patric-Fritz Leitner Alexander Resch (GER) Silver Brian Martin Mark Grimmette (USA) Bronze Chris Thorpe Clay Ives (USA) Germany (1st, 4th) and the USA (2nd, 3rd) dominate the event. Singles, Women Medal Athlete Time Gold Sylke Otto (GER) Silver Barbara Niedernhuber (GER) Bronze Silke Kraushaar (GER) The German women sweep the podium in the sport for the fifth time in history. Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics Categories 2002 Winter Olympics Luge Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Create account / log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Current events Recent changes ... Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In other languages Deutsch Nederlands This page was last modified 00:54, 12 July 2005.

22. Spotlight Sport - Luge Mark Grimmette and three other Americans made olympic luge history at the 1998Nagano Games. The United States captured the silver and bronze medals in the http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/luge.htm

Luge The luge is a type of small sled on which one or two persons, lying face up, slide feet first down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in bobsledding. Shifting weight, pulling straps attached to the runners, or using the feet accomplishes steering. Competition Interesting Facts Learn More Other Sports ... Links Competition The first international race took place in 1883 with 21 competitors from seven nations, including the United States. The race was organized by hotels in the Swiss spa of Davos and took place over the 4-kilometer road from St. Wolfgang to Klosters. With the development of a more flexible sled came the "kunstbahn," or artificial track, which provided luge enthusiasts with a more challenging course. The first World Championships in the sport were held in 1955 in Oslo, Norway, with 52 competitors from eight nations. Two years later the lugers broke away from the FIBT, the bobsled and toboggan federation, to form their own Federation Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL). In 1961 at the International Olympic Committee meetings in Athens, three luge events men's singles, doubles and women's singles were added to the 1964 Olympic program.

23. Anne Abernathy, Grandma Luge Anne Abernathy, also known as Grandma luge, has competed in five olympic WinterGames and is on this American is sliding her way into olympic history. http://www.redhatsociety.com/luge.html

About the RHS How to Join Chapter Search Go Shopping ... Convention Information Home Page Anne Abernathy , also known as Grandma Luge, has competed in five Olympic Winter Games and is on track for her 6th in Italy in 2006. She will break her own record as the oldest woman to ever compete the in Winter Olympic Games and will tie the record for the most appearances in the Winter Games. The Olympic Games Joining the Red Hat Society Anne became a Ruby RedHat's Rambler (an RHS cyber-member) last spring and has subsequntly been claimed as a member of many other chapters. But with her training, her competitions and her go-go-go lifestyle, she prefers to keep Ruby RedHat her official Queen Mother for the time-being. When Anne spoke at the 2004 Red Hat Society International Convention in Dallas, she inspired thousands with the story of her struggles, her defeats and her overwhelming victories. She joined us again in New York City and had us rolling in the aisles with her explanation of why luge is the perfect sport for Red Hatters. "It's the only sport you can do while lying down," she says. Anne has explained that she was drawn to the Red Hat Society because of its message to women that "life's not over just because you're fifty!" And we are drawn to her because she is living proof of that fact. She has continued to compete as the oldest athlete in many luge competitions worldwide, and she has won awards doing it. Anne is an incredible inspiration and a wonderful addition to the Red Hat Society. As she has said before, "My job is going down hill fast, but I'm still not 'over the hill'."

24. History Of Luge luge became an olympic sport in 1964 at Innsbruck, Austria. As a result ofSalt Lake City s olympic selection, a new Bobsled/luge Run was constructed at http://www.wasatchluge.org/history.html

Wasatch Luge Club What is Luge? Luge first originated in the Swiss Alps and was practiced on logging roads leading from the hills to the villages. Recreational sliding became organized in 1883 with the first international competition being held in Davos, Switzerland where seven nations were represented. Luge became an Olympic sport in 1964 at Innsbruck, Austria. As the sport evolved it separated into two disciplines. Kuntsbahn, which is German for Artificial Track, and is the present day Olympic Style which has high banked turns and speeds averaging 60-90 mph. The 2nd discipline, Naturbahn, German for Natural Track, retained the look of its origins. The turns are flat and the athlete uses more body movements which can be seen by most spectators. It is interesting to note that most of the terms and the language of this sport are German. Yet we, in the U.S. adopted the French word for sled, Luge. Luge in Utah? Established during the winter of 1995, the Wasatch Luge Club (WLC) was created in response to the growing interest and questions regarding the sport of Luge in Utah. As a result of Salt Lake City's Olympic selection, a new Bobsled/Luge Run was constructed at the Bear Hollow site in Park City, now known as the Utah Olympic Park. The WLC acts as a point of first contact for anyone with a question about the sport of Luge, whether it ís only general curiosity or a true desire to be involved. The Wasatch Luge Club is the only Luge club sanctioned by the United States Luge Association in this area. Our mission is to promote the sport of Luge as a means of recreation for all ages, to act as a feeder to the National Team System, and to create a base of volunteers and officials to aid in the running of events. These events range from local club level races to the Olympics and beyond.

25. Division Of Government Communications - News Releases Chris Thorpe – sliding into olympic history Considered one of the world’sgreatest luge drivers, Thorpe has also won several World Cup and National http://www.lfucg.com/AdminSvcs/PubInfo/NewsReleases/NR_071404.asp

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26. HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Luge And Skeleton Medalists Translate this page This document lists all olympic luge and skeleton toboggan medalists since 1924.It is a page in the history section of HickokSports.com, http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml

Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Olympic Luge and Skeleton Medalists Table of Contents Men's Luge Singles Men's Luge Doubles Women's Singles Men's Skeleton ... Other Resources History Both the luge and the skeleton are similar to toboggans. Despite its name, the skeleton is almost twice as heavy as the luge, nearly 100 pounds for a singles sled compared to just over 50 pounds for a singles luge. In luge, the slider goes down the run feet first, steering with the legs and shoulders. In skeleton, the slider goes down head first and steers mainly by dragging the feet. Luge competition entered the Olympics in 1964. There is no women's doubles competition, but women have been allowed to enter the men's doubles event since 1992, although none have done so. Skeleton was on the Winter Olympic program at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1928 and 1948. St. Moritz is the home of the famous Cresta Run, where competitive tobogganing and bobsledding were born. After a long hiatus, skeleton returned to the Olympic program in 2002, with competition for both men and women. Men's Luge Singles Year Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Klaus Bonsack, GER

27. Ice Luge | Winter Sports | Pictures | Photos | Street Luge | Rubber Suit | Olymp luge history. People have been sliding down hills on sleds for over 1000 years became an olympic event for the first time at the 1964 Winter olympics. http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p5314.htm

quick advanced Scroll down for the article Luge Learn About Luge! Does sliding down an icy track at 80 miles per hour on a sled with no brakes sound like fun? Welcome to the world of luge Luge - History People have been sliding down hills on sleds for over 1,000 years. In many places, where there's lots of snow , travelling on a sled was the only way of getting around. In the 19th century, loggers working in the Swiss Alps would sometimes race each other home by travelling down icy logging roads on sleds or toboggans. The first official luge competition was held in Switzerland in 1883 and the sport became an Olympic event for the first time at the 1964 Winter Olympics Luge - Need For Speed, Dangerous Curves The sport of luge is named after the french word for "sled." To start a race, luge racers sit on their sleds, then hit the ice with spiked gloves to get acceleration down the slide. Riders steer the sleds by pushing on the runners and using shoulder pressure and extremely precise body movements. The craziest thing about racing on a luge track is that there are NO BRAKES on the luge sled! Athletes stop by holding the front of the sled up, which pushes the backs of the steels into the ice. Because

28. Welcome To USALuge.org olympic history was made as the US hockey team stunned the world by defeating the The USA luge Fantasy camp will give a few lucky participants an http://www.usaluge.org/Programs/lpcamp.html

Programs Programs Overview LAKE PLACID FANTASY CAMP Fantasy Camp Dates To be announced Program Overview : The village of Lake Placid, N.Y. is synonymous with winter sports. In 1932, the world focused it's attention on the picturesque village when it staged North America's first Winter Olympics. In 1980, the tradition continued as Lake Placid hosted the Games once again. Olympic history was made as the U.S. hockey team stunned the world by defeating the powerful Russian team and continued on to win gold. Today, the challenging slopes of Whiteface Mountain, ice skating, cross country skiing and quaint shops continue to draw thrill-seekers and tourists alike during the winter months. The village recently added a new chapter in its already rich winter sports history when it hosted the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games. In preparation for the games, a brand-new, state-of-the-art luge track was constructed. Americans Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin christened the world's newest and longest luge track, winning gold in the doubles event by a mere five-thousandths of a second. The USA Luge Fantasy camp will give a few lucky participants an opportunity to slide down the same run where Grimmette and Martin achieved their glorious victory. Fantasy Camp sliders will experience the sport firsthand as they negotiate their way down the world's most exciting course at the Verizon Sports Complex. Coaches Gordy Sheer (1998 Olympic silver medallist, 1997 world cup champion, 1995 and 1996 world championship silver medallist) and Duncan Kennedy (the first American to ever win a World Cup event, three-time Olympian, 1992 and 1994 overall world cup silver medallists) will teach the athletes the basics of sled control and safety. Each session will be captured on videotape and reviewed to further sharpen the skills of the participant.

29. Help Grandma Luge Get To The Olympics -- PR Bop For Grandma luge, Her Journey to the 2006 Winter olympics Has Become a Race Abernathy, who at the recent Salt Lake City Games made olympic history as http://www.prbop.com/archives/000400.shtml

Get PRBop by E-Mail! Weekly Newsletter We won't share your e-mail address. About PR Bop Feedback RSS Feed Last Five Entries: What Do You See In Your Food? Taco Bell Wants to Know Feel Even More Confused With Bevy of New Words Tony Hawk Helmet Cam Thingie Better Educated Women Sleep Well at Night ... World's Largest Stir Fry Last Six Months' Archives: May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 ... All Archives Search PRBop: Powered by Movable Type 2.661 October 07, 2004 Help Grandma Luge Get to the Olympics For Grandma Luge, Her Journey to the 2006 Winter Olympics Has Become a Race against Time Source: Business Wire, September 27, 2004. "Anne Abernathy, a 51-year old 5-time Olympic athlete, Olympic record holder and Athletes International 2004 Olympic Athlete of the Year from the US Virgin Islands is known as "Grandma Luge". She is currently ranked as one of the fastest women in the world when it comes to the sport she loves, the Luge - but efforts to continue her quest for another record-setting 6th Olympics at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy has become a marathon-like ordeal and she is quickly running out of time. ... Abernathy, who at the recent Salt Lake City Games made Olympic history as the oldest female Winter Olympian to ever compete, has launched an effort to raise the funds she needs in a rather unconventional way. Abernathy is inviting the general public to visit her website (www.grandmaluge.com) and contribute to the fund that will "Get Grandma to the Games"."

30. Anne Abernathy - Grandma Luge - 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, Virgin Islands Win Anne Abernathy, or Grandma luge to her fellow athletes and many fans, Anne isno stranger to breaking barriers and making olympic history. http://www.grandmaluge.com/who.htm

OLYMPIAN Anne Abernathy - Athletes International 2004 Olympic Athlete of the Year - is in the Guinness World Book of Records as the oldest woman ever to compete in the Winter Olympic Games . Anne, known as Grandma Luge to her fellow athletes and many fans, is training to compete in her 6th Winter Olympics in 2006 . There she will be hailed as the first woman in her 50's to ever compete in the Winter Games. Give a one-time Gift: or Set-up monthly Gifts: of $ for months. Click here to learn more! PIONEER Although she broke the age record set in 1936, Anne is no stranger to breaking barriers and making Olympic history. In 1992 Anne became the first athlete in any Olympics to compete with a camera on board. At the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994, she was the first to create an online diary from the Games. Even the nickname, Grandma Luge, was given to her in 1993 as recognition that Anne was competing in a sport once thought to be reserved for the young. Anne was only 40 at the time and was preparing for her third Olympic Games. COMPETITOR She prepares by going on the arduous winter tour each year. Twice in the recent 2003-4 season, she placed 3rd, the top winners of those events were under 21 years old. Overall she finished in the world's top twenty. Her energy and enthusiasm has won her fans from 9 to 90 years of age.

31. Anne Abernathy - Grandma Luge - 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, Virgin Islands Win Anne Abernathy, or Grandma luge to her fellow athletes and many fans, In exchange she invites you to participate in making olympic and sports history. http://www.grandmaluge.com/donate.htm

Get Grandma to the Games "The Important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part. The important thing is life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential is not to have conquered but to have fought well." Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games Give a one-time Gift: or Set-up monthly Gifts: of $ for months. Want to send a check instead? Make the check payable to "Grandma Luge" and mail to: Grandma Luge Fan Club PO Box 9221 McLean, Virginia 22102 See address at bottom of page to send on Island. Grandma Luge needs your help. Anne is looking to those who believe in her dream - that age should not be a barrier to achieving a goal. Anne is asking for your practical help with your dimes and dollars. In exchange she invites you to participate in making Olympic and sports history. Come along and share ride, share the struggle, and share the glory . It's no fun to set a record if no one is there to share it. She already holds the record as the oldest woman to ever compete in the Winter Olympic Games. In Torino 2006 she will tie the record of participating in the most Winter Olympic Games. But perhaps more important, she will become the first woman in her 50's to ever compete in the Winter Olympic Games Anne recognizes that some of you will prefer to give a larger one time gift while others will prefer to set aside money each month. She knows that some want to know exactly how their donation will be spent while others will prefer to give Anne flexibility to meet the challenges of traveling on the 6 month World Cup training race circuit.

32. Olympics 2002: Luge Review of the olympic event luge. He s attempting to become the first athletein Winter Games history to win four consecutive gold medals in the same http://www.infoplease.com/spot/02olluge1.html

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33. NZ Winter Olympic History NZ Winter olympic history. 1952, OSLO, NORWAY. New Zealand made their first venture Also in the team Angela Paul (luge), Pamela Bell (snowboarding), http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=340

34. Celebrating 35 Years In The Olympic Movement luge Skelton Skiing. Home CACSO PASCO. The ATHENS 2004 olympic Games emblem Home Page . The history of the VI olympic Committee http://www.virginislandsolympics.com/viochistory.html

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35. Germany's Hackl Set To Make Luge History - 2002 Winter Olympics Coverage Deseret News and KSL coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter olympic Games. http://deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,70000261,00.html

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsled Cross country skiing ... E-mail a copy of this story Germany's Hackl set to make luge history By Brady Snyder Deseret News staff writer But people know better, and no luge observer is picking against the German superstar, who has twice been voted the most popular athlete in his country, ahead of Michael Schumacher both times. "The only way to stop him is to steal his helmet," said Chris Hoeger, a 17-year-old who will compete for the Venezuelan luge team in the competition Sunday and Monday at Utah Olympic Park. Looking at the German star you could easily be deceived into thinking Hackl is the underdog. At 5-foot-8 inches and 180 pounds, he looks slightly pudgy in his Lycra luge suit. Before he grew his new goatee he resembled Peter Sellers playing the bumbling detective Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series. The looks, however, are deceiving. The German is bordering on Olympic history. If he wins gold, like everyone expects, he will become the first Winter Olympian to win four consecutive individual golds in the same event. If the German wins a medal of any color he becomes the first winter athlete to medal in five consecutive Games. Hackl's list of hardware is as long as his legend: silver at Calgary in 1998, gold at Albertville in 1992, gold at Lillehammer in 1994 and gold at Nagano in 1998.

36. Bermuda's Athletes Through The Years history . BERMUDA S olympic ATHLETES. Heavyweight boxer CLARENCE HILL (below) won These include athletics, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, luge, http://www.olympics.bm/bermudasathletesthrutheyears.htm

ABOUT US SITE INDEX HOME CONTACT US THE BERMUDA OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 2004 2004 ATHLETES TORINO 2006 ... BERMUDA IMAGES - HISTORY - BERMUDA'S OLYMPIC ATHLETES Heavyweight boxer CLARENCE HILL (below) won the BRONZE MEDAL for Bermuda at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. He is the only Bermudian ever to win an Olympic Medal. At the XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 2004, Katura Horton-Perinchief (left), diving for Bermuda, became the first black female diver to compete in an Olympic Games. About Bermuda's 2004 Olympic athletes Bermuda's Olympic Teams have competed in every Olympic Games since 1936 with the exception of Moscow in 1980. Bermuda has participated in a total of 11 different sporting events. These include athletics, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, luge, rowing, sailing, swimming, tennis and for the first time in the XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens 2004, triathlon. The first Olympic group that represented Bermuda was the swimming team who competed in the Berlin 1936 Olympics.

37. Vonetta Flowers - 2002 Olympics 3/10/2003 American Team Captures Gold and a Piece of olympic history Erdmann, the two-time olympic luge medalist. They shoved the Racine saga http://www.vonettaflowers.com/2002olympics.asp?record_no=628

38. Time For Kids | Specials | WINTER OLYMPICS 2002 luge athlete Germany s legendary luger is going for a fourth gold medal.Georg Hackl (pronounced GAYorg HAH-kel) hopes to make olympic history in Utah. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,197227,00.html

adSetTarget('_blank');htmlAdWH(magic_array[1], '468', '60'); htmlAdWH(magic_array[2], '120', '60'); Click for another profile: luge athlete Germany's legendary luger is going for a fourth gold medal Georg Hackl (pronounced GAY-org HAH-kel) hopes to make Olympic history in Utah. This German luger could become the first winter athlete to win four gold medals in a row in the same individual event, men's singles. In this luge event, an athlete races along on a sled at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour. Hackl goes for a run in the men's singles competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. On a Winning Streak Backed by an amazing track record, Hackl, 35, is up to the challenge. Hackl has won gold in Albertville, France, Lillehammer, Norway, and Nagano, Japan. In Nagano, Hackl became the first in luge history to record the best time in each of his four Olympic runs. He also defeated his competitors by more than a half-second in an event that is often decided by thousandths of a second. A Lifetime Love for Luge Hackl has been obsessed with luge ever since he began learning the sport at age 11. After school he would take four or five runs down his home track of Koenigssee and was known to wake up in the middle of the night to polish his sled's blades. When he trained for a job in metal working at age 16, Hackl also learned the art of building sleds. From that point on, he has designed and built all of his sleds.

39. Park City Chamber Of Commerce And Visitors Bureau - Skiing, Lodging And Vacation Go to the top of the world’s highest altitude ski jumps and see the fastestbobsled, luge and skeleton track where olympic history was made. http://www.parkcityinfo.com/skiing/uop/

The Canyons Resort Park City Mountain Resort Deer Valley Resort Utah Olympic Park ... State Parks All rates are for the 2005 - 2006 winter season. Utah Olympic Park was a competition venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. The nearly 400-acre Park features a mixture of sporting facilities and visitor areas for an incredible Olympic experience. The state-of-the-art park hosted more than 300,000 visitors and 14 Olympic medal events in February 2002. The Utah Olympic Park now serves as a year-round competition and training ground for recreational and high-performance athletes. Construction on the facility started in 1990 with the development of the infrastructure, the 750,000 gallon freestyle training pool and the ski jumps as part of phase I. The sliding track was included in the second phase and started in the spring of 1994. The first athlete to go down the track was on a luge on January 10, 1997. Today, the public can watch athletes in training, visit the Alf Engen Ski History Museum and the George Eccles Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum, race down the track in a bobsled, or learn how to steer your own skeleton or luge sled by taking an Intro camp. The Park is owned by a non-profit organization, the Utah Athletic Foundation which is responsible for keeping the Park and the Utah Olympic Oval operating for use by future athletes, world champions and the general public. Daily Guided Tours of Olympic Competition Sites

40. International Luge Federation International luge Federation. HIGHLIGHTS OF SLEDDING AND FIL history The reason for this is the changed olympic Winter Games rotation. http://www.fil-luge.org/FIL/geschichte_en.htm

HIGHLIGHTS OF SLEDDING AND FIL HISTORY First international sled contest. Competitors from Australia, England, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland started on the 12th of February in Switzerland on a 4-km road between Davos and Klosters. The ex aequo winners: the Australian student Georg ROBERTSON and the mailman Peter MINSCH from Klosters - both within the time of 9 minutes and 15 seconds. Austria, Germany and Switzerland founded the "Internationaler Schlittensportverband" (International Sled Sport Federation) in Dresden/ Germany. New founding of the "Internationaler Schlittensportverband" (International Sled Sport Federation) in Dresden/ Germany. The members: "Deutscher Rodelbund" (German Sled Sport Federation), "Deutscher Bobverband" (German Bobsleigh Federation), "Verband Deutscher Schlittensportvereine in der Tschechoslowakei" (Federation of German Sled Sport Associations in Czechoslovakia) and "Österreichischer Schlittensportverband" (Austrian Sled Sport Federation). 2nd European Championships - for the first time with a women's class - in Schreiberhau/ Germany (today Szklarska Poreba/ Poland). Hilde RAUPACH/ Schreiberhau becomes first female European Champion.

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