Height / Weight: 6'1", 200lbs
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Resides in White Bear Lake, MN
www.tonybenshoof.com
FUN FACTS
- Learn more about Tony by visiting his website, tonybenshoof.com
- Tony’s favorite quote is "Ninety percent of life is just showing up."-- Winston Churchill
- Tony’s favorite CD: "Livin’ and Dying in 3/4 time"-- Jimmy Buffett
- Away from the sled, Tony expresses himself through photography, playing the guitar and playing the piano.
- Tony has two brothers, Geno and Vince
- Finished 18th in the World Championships in Lake Placid, NY
- A Fall 2007 World Cup team relay gold medalist (Nov. 17)
- 2009 Norton U.S. National Champion
- Three-time Verizon North American champion (2000, 2001 & 2004)
- Six-time Verizon U.S. National champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 & 2005-06)
- Set new Altenberg, Germany track record of 54.240 (Nov. 23, 2003)
- A two-time fall 2003 Challenge Cup gold medalist (Altenberg, Germany, Park City, Utah)
- Raced to eight medals in 2003-04 (2 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze)
- A two-time (2004 & 2005) World Championship team event silver medalist, a 2001 world championship team event bronze medalist
- USA Luge’s all-time singles leader in int’l medals won, 37 (6 gold, 11 silver, 20 bronze)
- Included in 2002 Guinness World Records Book for establishing the highest-ever recorded luge speed (86.6 mph) on Oct. 16, 2001
- Finished 17th at 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Finished fourth at the 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
- Finished eighth at the 2010 XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada
- 2010 Norton National Championships: 2nd place
- Challenge Cup: 6th, 5th
- Team Relay: 2nd, 7th
- Overall World Cup Standing: 9th
- 2009-10 World Cup Results: 6th, 10th, 10th, 9th, 13th, 13th, 11th, 5th