Julia Clukey
(Senior National Team Select)
Julia Clukey
DOB: April 29, 1985
Height/Weight: 5’9", 140 lbs. (1 meter, 75; 63.5 kg)
Born in Augusta, Maine
Resides in Augusta, Maine

Personal /Career Info:


2010-2011 Results

  • 11th in Igls, Austria World Cup
  • 14th in Winter, Germany World Cup
  • 17th in Calgary, Canada World Cup
  • 5th in Park City, Utah World Cup
  • 16th in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup
  • 7th in Oberhof, Germany World Cup
  • 15th in Altenberg, Germany World Cup
  • 12th at World Championships in Cesana, Italy

Best-Ever Results

  • Finished 17th at the 2010 XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada
  • Finished 7th at the January, 2010 women’s singles World Cup in Koenigssee, Germany
  • 2003 Junior World Championship team event gold medalist
  • Two-time Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) National Championship silver medalist (2002 & 2003)
  • 2001 overall Youth A (to age 17) World Cup silver medalist
  • three-time USA Luge Start Champion (2005 & 2006 & 2009)
  • Four-time Meransen, Italy int’l start champion (2005, 2006, 2008 & 2009)
  • 2000 Verizon Youth A U.S. National champion
  • 2007-08 World Cup 4th place finish (Lake Placid, career-best)
  • Finished fourth at the 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships
  • 2009 Norton U.S. National Championships silver medalist
  • 5th in the 2009 41st World Championships (Lake Placid, NY)

 

2009-10 Results

  • 2009-10 World Cup Results: 11th, 12th, DNS, 19th, 7th, 10th, 14th, 17th
  • Overall World Cup Standing: 13th
  • 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games: 17th
  • 2010 Norton National Championships in Lake Placid: 3rd

 

Fun Facts

  • Julia started sliding in 1999
  • Julia’s favorite place to go is home to the Maine coast
  • Julia has two sisters (Amelia and Olivia)
  • Outside of luge, Julia enjoys skiing, tennis, outdoor activities, music, traveling, and the stock market
  • Following her luge career, Julia would like to compete in marathons
  • Julia’s web site is clukeyluge.com
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Julia Clukey blasts down the start ramp.
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Julia winning at the 2008 International Start Competition, Meransen ITA
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Julia Clukey finishes eighth at Worlds.
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Julia, 2010 Norton National Seeding Race #1, March 13, 2010
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Julia CLukeyen route to a 5th place finish in Park City. 12/17/10
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Julia comes up the outrun in Park City during her 5th place World Cup finish. 12/17/2010
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Julia in Curve 16, 2/11/10 Olympic Traininig
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Julia, Run1, 2009 National Seeding Race
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Julia Clukey finishes a training run in Lake Placid.
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Julia gets ready to leave the handles. 10/21/09
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Julia Clukey finishes fifth in Koenigssee, Germany.
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Julia Clukey takes 5th place in Park City. 12/17/2010
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Julia winning the International Start Competition in Meransen, Italy. 8/09
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Julia and Erin, 2010 Norton National Seeding Race # 1
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Julia Clukey blasts down the Sigulda, Latvia luge track.
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Julia Clukey, January 2009
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Julia slides Lake Placid's curve 12, fall 2010
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Julia wins the her third International Start Competition, August 2009
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Julia races in the 2009 Norton National Championships
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Winning the 2009 JetBlue Start Competition, 11 days after knee surgery

 

 
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