Ashley Walden
(Senior National Team Select)

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DOB: November 5, 1981
Height / Weight: 5'9", 140 lbs. (1 meter 75, 63.5 kg)
Resides in Westborough, Mass.
Born in Framingham, Mass.

Personal /Career Info:

Best-Ever Results

  • Finished eighth at 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Has competed in six world championships (1999-2001, 2004-2005 & 2007)
  • Seven-time consecutive JetBlue Airways U.S. national luge start champion (1998-2004, 2007)
  • Two-time Meransan, Italy int'l start champion (2001 & 2003)
  • 2007 Verizon U.S. National champion
  • Recorded best-ever World Cup finish, third, Jan. 22, 2005, in Winterberg, Germany, becoming the first U.S. women's singles slider to medal on the western German track
  • A two-time world championship team event silver medalist (2004 & 2005)
  • 2000 Verizon North American champion
  • Three-time Verizon North American Championship bronze medalist (2001, 2002 & 2004)

2007-08 Results

  • 2007-08 World Cup Results: 20th, 16th, 11th, 14th, DNF, 15th, 13th, 14th
  • Finished 16th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
  • 2007 JetBlue Airways U.S. national luge start champion
  • 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championship silver medalist

Fun Facts

  • Ashley participated in softball, track & field and field hockey while attending Westborough High School (Westborough, Mass.)
  • Ashley's favorite quote is "Never, never, never quit." -- Winston Churchill
  • Ashley is married to U.S. men's singles slider, Bengt Walden
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Ashley Walden was fourth in the Oberhof, Germany Challenge Cup race.
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Ashley Walden enjoys Nagano, Japan
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Ashley Walden prepares for Sunday's national's race.
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Ashley Walden paddles down the Lake Placid start ramp.
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Ashley Walden slides through the finish line.

 

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