Best-Ever Results

2010 Olympic Winter Games - 13th place with partner Mark Grimmette
USA Luge's all-time leaders in int'l medals won, 65, including Olympic, World Championship, World Cup & Challenge Cup (19-17-28
2002 XIX Olympic silver medalists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1998 XVIII Olympic bronze medalists, Nagano, Japan
DNF 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
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 world championship team event silver medalists (2004 & 2005)
Two-time overall Challenge Cup silver medalists (2000 & 2001)
Two-time consecutive Challenge Cup Champions (2002 & 2003)
2000 Winter Goodwill Games Champions
Four-time Verizon North American Champions (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004)
Verizon U.S. National Champions (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005-06 & 2007)

2007-08 Results

Fun Facts

Bengt Walden

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