Chris Thorpe

Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver	1998 Nagano	Men's doubles
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver	1995 Lillehammer	Men's doubles
Silver	1996 Altenberg	Men's doubles

Chris Thorpe (born October 29, 1970 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American luger who competed from 1989 to 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 2002.

Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 1995 and 1996. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1996-7.

Thorpe retired from luge after the 2002 Winter Olympics and is a now a motivational speaker living in Gainesville, Florida.

References

• 1994 luge men's doubles results
• Corporate speaker information on Thorpe
• DatabaseOlympics.com information on Thorpe.
• FIL-Luge profile
• 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.

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