Matthew "Matt" Mortensen (born December 11, 1985) is an American luger who has been competing since 2000. His best Luge World Cup season finish was silver in both the Lake Placid, United States, and Altenberg, Germany, World Cups in 2016–2017. Mortensen and teammate Jayson Terdiman finished the 2016–2017 season ranked 3rd internationally.
 Mortensen in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Mortensen |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 11, 1985 Huntington Station, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Luge |
| Club | U.S. Army WCAP |
Medal record | |
Mortensen's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 7th in the doubles event in Cesana, Italy, in 2011 and 2nd in the Team Relay event in the 2017 World Championships in Igls, Austria.
He serves as an electrician in the 1156th Engineering Company of the New York Army National Guard, and is a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.[2]
Mortensen finished 14th in the doubles luge with teammate Preston Griffall at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1] After Griffall chose to focus on his education for the 2014–15 season, Mortensen teamed up with Jayson Terdiman.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matt Mortensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Jon R. (February 4, 2014). "Meet your military Olympians". militarytimes.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014.
Sgt. Matt Mortensen
- ^ "Augusta's Julia Clukey earns spot on USA Luge team". Bangor Daily News. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
Matt Mortensen
External links
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Media related to Matthew Mortensen at Wikimedia Commons
- FIL-Luge profile
- Matt Mortensen at Team USA (archived)
- Matt Mortensen at Olympedia (archive)
- Matthew Mortensen at the International Luge Federation
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