Mark Grimmette

EVENT - LUGE

OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS

• 1998 Olympic Winter Games - bronze medalist
• 2002 Olympic Winter Games - silver medalist
• 2006 Olympic Winter Games - DNF
• 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 13th

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• USA Luge's all-time leaders in int'l medals won, 65, including Olympic, World Championship, World Cup & Challenge Cup (19-17-28)
• 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 World Cup Results: 14th, 11th, 9th, 12th, 9th, 14th, 14th, 12th
• Finished 10th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
• Finished ninth at the 40th World Luge Championships
• Finished fifth in the final 2008 overall Challenge Cup rankings
• DSQ 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships

PERSONAL

Partner: Brian Martin

• Mark's favorite television show is "Stargate SG-1"
• Mark's favorite place to vacation is Alaska because it still has the feel of the frontier
• Mark's favorite book is Lord of the Rings-- JR. R. Tolkein