- Cammy Myler
Cameron "Cammy" Myler (born
December 7 ,1968 ) is an Americanluge r who was a member of the U.S. National Luge Team from 1985 to 1998. Competing in fourWinter Olympics , she earned her best finish of fifth in the women's singles event atAlbertville in 1992. She carried the American flag during the opening ceremony of the1994 Winter Olympics inLillehammer .Myler's best overall Luge World Cup seasonal finish was second in women's singles in 1991-92.
She was introduced to
luge when her parents volunteered during the1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid, New York . Myler's uncle, Michael "Mickey" Luce, competed for theUnited States inbobsleigh at the1968 Winter Olympics inGrenoble , finishing 11th in the two-man and 15th in the four-man events.She attended
Dartmouth College and was a member ofAlpha Theta before graduating cum laude in 1995 ingeography .After retiring from luge in 1998, Cameron attended Boston College Law School and graduated in 2001. She currently works at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, which is an entertainment and media law firm in New York City.
She is an exhibiting photographer and has a website at www.cameronmyler.com.
References
* [http://www.cameronmyler.com Cameron Myler photography website]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Luge_Women_Singles.html 1988 luge women's singles results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1992w/Luge_Women_Singles.html 1992 luge women's singles results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1994w/Luge_Women_Singles.html 1994 luge women's singles results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1998w/Luge_Women_Singles.html 1998 luge women's singles results]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/athletes/209.htm CNN/SI profile of Myler prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano]
* [http://www.iviesinathens.com/olympic/games.aspx?ID=218 List athletes from Ivy League schools who competed in the Winter olympics, including Myler]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/wwc-s.html List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E1DC1738F93BA35751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print "New York Times" article on Myler prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/profiles/myler.htm "Washington Post" profile of Myler prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano]
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