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:


2010-2011 Results

  • 5th in Igls, Austria World Cup
  • 12th in Winterberg, Germany World Cup
  • 19th in Calgary, Canada World Cup
  • 8th in Park City, Utah World Cup
  • 12th in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup
  • 10th in Oberhof, Germany World Cup
  • 21st in Altenberg, Germany World Cup
  • 17th at World Championships in Cesana, Italy

 

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)
  • Nine-time USA Luge Start Champion (1998-2004, 2007, 2010)
  • Two-time Meransan, Italy int’l start champion (2001 & 2003)
  • 2007 Verizon U.S. National champion, 2008 silver medalist
  • 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)

2008-09 Results

  • 2008-09 World Cup Results: 17th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 11th, 22nd
  • World Championships: 7th

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, run 2, 2009 National Seeding Race
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Ashley on start
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Ashley Walden enjoys Nagano, Japan
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Ashley zooms past start 4 and enters curve #9. Lake Placid Worlds training
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Ashley and Bengt being interviewed. Oct 5, 2009
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Ashley racing off to make the fall 2008 National Team
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Ashley Walden, August 2009
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Ashley Walden paddles down the Lake Placid start ramp.
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Ashley and Julia Clukey hiking in Austria, 8/09 training camp
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Ashley in the fall of 2009
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Ashley speaks to the press following her 2009 World Championship race
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Ashley Walden prepares for Sunday's national's race.
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The Norton-United Way eating contest. 09/09
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Ashley Walden was fourth in the Oberhof, Germany Challenge Cup race.
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Ashley pulls the first start of the season. 10/15/10
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Ashley takes curve 15 in Sigulda, Latvia. Dec. 08
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Ashley wins race-off #1. 10/21/09
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Ashley Walden, January 2009
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Ashley Walden slides through the finish line.
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Ashley getting ready. 09 National seeding race

 

 
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