Anastasia Young

Anastasia Young
nation	United States
birthday	November 23, 1988
place of birth	Queens
size	160 cm
Weight	59 kg
Career
discipline	Single seater
status	resigned
End of career	August 2010
Medal table
US championships 0 × 0 × 1 × US Junior Championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
US championships bronze 2008 Single seater US Junior Championships silver 2007 Single seater bronze 2008 Single seater
Placements in the Luge World Cup
Debut in the World Cup February 14, 2009  Overall World Cup ES 36th ( 2008/2009 )

Anastasia Young (born November 23, 1988 in Queens , New York City ) is a former American luge athlete .

Anastasia Young lives in Merrick . In 2005 she won the overall ranking of the Junior World Cup, in 2007 she was second in the overall Junior Challenge Cup ranking and US junior runner-up. In 2008 she came third in the overall junior World Cup, at the US Junior Championships she was third, as well as at the US Championships. A first international success in the women's area was the national qualification for the 2009 Luge World Championships in Lake Placid, Germany . There she immediately reached a 14th place, but also benefited from the home advantage of American women. After that, she competed in two World Cup races in Calgary and Lake Placid in the 2008/2009 season , finished 16th and 21st and thus achieved 36th place in the overall World Cup, tied with Courtney Zablocki . The next winter Young did not contest World Cup races and in August 2010 she announced her retirement.

Web links

• Anastasia Young in the database of the International Luge Federation
• Anastasia Young on the US Federation website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olympic fourth Courtney Zablocki ended her career - Megan Sweeney and Anastasia Young also drop out. International Luge Federation, August 9, 2010, accessed on August 25, 2010