James Ernest
Publish Date: 07/07/2017
Fact checked by: Mike Goodpaster
The Olympic Show: Two-Time Olympian American Luger Chris Mazdzer
Olympic Luge Chris Mazdzer
Mazdzer is an American luger who has been active internationally since 2001. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 13th on both occasions.
On December 4, 2015 Mazdzer won the 2015-16 Luge World Cup Men’s singles event at Lake Placid in the first one two finish ever for the United Statesin a Men’s singles luge World Cup event, with the 2014-15 winner and track record holder, Tucker West coming in second. Up until his 2015 win Mazdzer’s best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was sixth in the singles at Whistler, British Columbia, in 2013. His best World Cup season finish was 13th in 2012–13. In December 2014 he won the men’s singles event in the luge sprint in the second ever to be held and to be competed in event at the swirls Cup level in the discipline. Mazdzer was therein victorious at the FIL “Sprint” World Cup event at the Calgary track.
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