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Megan Sweeney

    Athlete Bio

    Hometown

    Suffield

    EVENT - LUGE, SINGLES

    OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS

    • 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 22nd

    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

    • Finished fourth in the final overall 2004 Youth A (to age 17) women's singles World Cup rankings
    • Raced to 10 int'l junior medals in 2005-06 (1, 2, 7)
    • 2005-06 Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) National Championship bronze medalist
    • Two-time Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) national champion (2006 & 2007)

    2007-08 Results

    • 2007-08 World Cup Results: 7th, 19th, 21st, 16th, 10th, 14th, 20th, 18th
    • Finished 18th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
    • Finished 16th at the 40th World Luge Championships
    • Finished fifth at the 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships

    DID YOU KNOW ...?

    • Megan's sister, Emily, slides on the Junior World Cup tour
    • Megan's favorite athlete is tennis player Andy Roddick
    • Megan is a former black belt in karate and competed in the 1998 Junior Olympics, winning gold and silver medals
    • Megan is enrolled in DeVry University

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