Personal /Career Info:

Best-Ever Results

• USA Luge's all-time leaders in int'l medals won,64, including Olympic, World Championship, World Cup & Challenge Cup (20-17-27)
• 2002 XIX Winter Olympic silver medalists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 1998 XVIII Winter Olympic bronze medalists, Nagano, Japan
• Three-time overall World Cup Champions (1998, 1999 & 2003), 2000 overall World Cup bronze medalists
• 11 World Cup wins gives them the all-time USA Luge lead for career victories
• Five-time world championship bronze medalists (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 & 2007)
• Two-time consecutive overall Challenge Cup silver medalists (2000 & 2001)
• Two-time consecutive Challenge Cup champions (2002 & 2003)
• Two-time world championship team event silver medalists (2004 & 2005)
• 2000 Winter Goodwill Games champions
• Four-time Verizon North American champions (2000-2002 & 2004)
• Verizon U.S. National champions (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005-06 & 2007)

2007-08 Results

• 2007-08 World Cup Results: 14th, 11th, 9th, 12th, 9th, 14th, 14th, 12th
• Finished 10th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
• Finished ninth at the 40th World Luge Championships
• Finished fifth in the final 2008 overall Challenge Cup rankings
• DSQ at 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships

Fun Facts

• Mark has two sisters (Karrie and Fawn) and one brother (Rickie)
• Mark's hobbies include woodworking, swimming, hiking, working on his house, working on his yard, reading and gardening
• Mark's favorite movie is the original "Star Wars"
• Brian was the captain of his cross-country running team at Gunn High School (Palo Alto, Calif.). He also played soccer and swam for the varsity teams
• Brian's first part-time job was a lifeguard