Tucker West
Tucker West (born June 15, 1995) is an American slider, who, at the age of 18, was the youngest male ever to qualify to represent the United States in the Men's luge at the Olympics. West placed 22nd in the men's single competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[1][2]
West is currently a student at National Sports Academy High in Lake Placid, New York.[3][4] While not away at school, he is a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut. When West was a boy, his father designed and built a wood luge track in the backyard of their Ridgefield home.[5]
Prior to making the ten-member Sochi squad, West was the co-champion of the 2012 U.S luge singles title with Chris Mazdzer, a U.S junior silver medalist, and a silver medalist at the 2011 world cup in Austria.
On 5 December 2014, West won the 2014–15 Luge World Cup men's singles race in Lake Placid. This win made him the first American to be victorious in a men's singles world cup event since Wendel Suckow on 15 February 1997.[6]
On December 4th of the following year of 2015, West finished second in the same Mens' single Luge World Cup event to his teammate Chris Mazdzer in the first one two finish ever for the United States in a Mens singles Luge World Cup event.[7]
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External links
- Tucker West profile at United States Luge Association
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