Chris Thorpe
| Medal record | ||
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| Luge | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1998 Nagano | Men's doubles |
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2002 Salt Lake City | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1995 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
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1996 Altenberg | Men's doubles |
Christopher Thorpe (born October 29, 1970, in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American luger who competed from 1989 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 2002.
Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 1995 and 1996. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1996–7.
While living in Marquette, Michigan, Thorpe, along with fellow Boy Scout and future World Champion Wendel Suckow,[1] first experienced luge on a small local track that (after being relocated to nearby Negaunee, Michigan) remains the only full-length natural track luge facility in the United States.[2]
Thorpe is a 1988 graduate of Marquette Senior High School.[3]
Thorpe retired from luge after the 2002 Winter Olympics and is a now retired living in Farmington, New Mexico.
References
- ^ Newhan, Ross (February 9, 1994). "U.S. Lugers Find Niche as Boy Scouts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ^ "Upper Peninsula Luge Club". Upper Peninsula Luge Club. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ^ Prichard, James (February 15, 2002). "Friends, relatives react to Michigan athletes winning Olympic medals". The Associated Press State & Local Wire.
- 1994 luge men's doubles results
- "Corporate speaker information on Thorpe". Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- "DatabaseOlympics.com information on Thorpe". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- FIL-Luge profile
- "Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- "Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- "Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- "List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
External links
- Chris Thorpe at the International Luge Federation (archive)
- Chris Thorpe at Olympics.com
- Chris Thorpe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1970 births
- American male lugers
- Living people
- Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Florida
- Sportspeople from Waukegan, Illinois
- Sportspeople from Michigan
- Olympic lugers for the United States
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in luge
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in luge
- People from Farmington, New Mexico