Mark Grimmette

Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Men's doubles
Bronze	1998 Nagano	Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver	2004 Nagano	Mixed team
Silver	2005 Park City	Mixed team
Bronze	1999 Königssee	Men's doubles
Bronze	2000 St. Moritz	Men's doubles
Bronze	2001 Calgary	Mixed team
Bronze	2004 Nagano	Men's doubles
Bronze	2005 Park City	Men's doubles
Bronze	2007 Igls	Men's doubles
Bronze	2009 Lake Placid	Men's doubles

Mark Grimmette (born January 23, 1971 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American luger who competed from 1990 to 2010. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 1998.

Grimmette also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Mixed team: 2004, 2005) and seven bronzes (Men's doubles: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009; Mixed team: 2001). He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1997–1998, 1998–1999, 2002–2003). He was selected in December 2009 to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Grimmette carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1]

He announced his retirement on 17 March 2010.^[2]

On 29 April 2010, it was announced that Grimmette was named USA Luge's Sports Program Director and also was involved as a head coach.

Personal life

Mark Grimmette lived in Muskegon, Michigan and graduated from Reeths-Puffer originally, but moved to Lake Placid, New York after being named to his current position.

References

• 1994 luge men's doubles results
• 2006 luge men's doubles results
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile on Grimmette.
• FIL-Luge profile
• Five-Time Olympian Mark Grimmette new USA Sports Program Director. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (29 April 2010 article accessed 29 April 2010.)
• Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
• Official website of Grimmette and Martin
• USA Luge profile of Grimmette and Martin

1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=4904649
2. ^ The most decorated athletes ever to race for USA Luge. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (17 March 2010 article accessed 18 March 2010.)

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