Christopher Mazdzer

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Chris Mazdzer Luge
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Full name Christopher Mazdzer
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 26th June 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Pittsfield , United States
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
Career
discipline Single seater
double seater
status active
Medal table
winter Olympics 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior World Championship 1 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
America Pacific Championships 4 × gold 4 × silver 1 × bronze
US championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
US Junior Championships 5 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Pyeongchang 2018 Single seater
Junior World ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
silver Altenberg 2006 team
bronze Altenberg 2006 Two-seater
bronze Cesana Pariol 2007 Two-seater
silver Cesana Pariol 2007 Season
gold Lake Placid 2008 Season
silver Lake Placid 2008 Two-seater
America Pacific ChampionshipsTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 2012 Lake Placid singles
gold 2013 Whistler singles
silver 2014 Lake Placid singles
gold 2015 Calgary singles
silver 2016 Park City singles
bronze 2017 Calgary singles
gold 2018 Lake Placid singles
silver 2019 Whistler Two-seater
silver 2019 Whistler singles
US championshipsTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 2008 Single seater
bronze 2008 Two-seater
US Junior ChampionshipsTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 2006 Single seater
gold 2007 Single seater
gold 2007 Two-seater
gold 2008 Single seater
gold 2008 Two-seater
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 2005
 World Cup victories 3 (without relay)
 Overall World Cup ES 3. ( 2015/16 )
 Overall World Cup DS 8. ( 2018/19 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single seater 2 4th 4th
 Sprint single seater 1 0 0
 Sprint two-seater 0 1 0
 Team relay 1 6th 1
last change: end of season 2018/19

Christopher "Chris" Mazdzer (born June 26, 1988 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) is an American luge athlete . His greatest success so far is winning the silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang .

Christopher Mazdzer lives in Saranac Lake and would like to become a toboggan trainer after his active career. He competes in both single and double seats.

Single seater

He started successfully in his youth. In 2003 he finished second, in 2004 third in the Youth World Cup, and in 2005 he won the racing series. At world championships he won silver in 2006 and 2007, and gold in team competition in 2008. He also missed a medal in fourth place in the single-seater. In the 2007/08 season he won three races in the Junior World Cup, but had to admit defeat to the German Sascha Benecken in the overall standings. In addition, he won the US junior title in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Mazdzer has been driving in the senior division since the 2005/06 season . He contested his first race in Sigulda and finished 36th. In the second race he was 17th in Cesana Pariol . It remained the best of his five season results, and in the overall standings he came in 40th. In the following season , Mazdzer started four times, best result was a 22nd place in Sigulda. In the overall standings he was 36th. The 2007/08 season only needed two partial appearances, including 17th place in Sigulda. In the overall ranking he was 40 again. The US-American achieved his best international result in 14th place at the 2009 Luge World Championships on his home track in Lake Placid . In 2007 he took part in a World Cup in Igls for the first time and came in 28th there. Mazdzer won the title at the 2007 US championships.

Two-seater

Mazdzer tobogganed in the two-seater first with Mike McTigue, in 2005/06 with Garon Thorne . At the 2006 World Cup both finished third in Altenberg . Since the 2006/07 season, Mazdzer, as the front man, has also formed a two-seater together with Jayson Terdiman . In 2007 they won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships, in 2008 they won silver behind Toni Eggert and Marcel Oster . In 2007 they were doubles involved in winning the silver team medal and in 2008 the gold team medal. In the 2007/08 season they came second six times in the Junior World Cup and were runner-up in the overall standings. In 2007 and 2008 they won the US Juniors title, and in 2008 they were also third in the US Championships. In the 2008/09 season the doubles made their debut at the beginning of the season in Igls in the Luge World Cup and finished 17th. This was followed by 16th in Sigulda and 14th in Winterberg .

successes

World Cup victories

Single seater

No. date place train
1. Dec 16, 2014 CanadaCanada Calgary (Sprint) Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park
2. 0Dec 4, 2015 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid Lake Placid bobsled run
3. Dec 12, 2015 United StatesUnited States Park City Utah Olympic Park

Team relay

No. date place train
1. 0Dec 5, 2015 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid Lake Placid bobsled run

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