- Courtney Zablocki
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Courtney Zablocki (born January 28, 1981) is an American luger who competed from 1997 to 2010.[1] Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.[2][3]
Zablocki best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was ninth in the women's singles event at Nagano in 2004.[1][4]
Born in Hinsdale, Illinois, she resides in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.[5] Before joining the Colorado Army National Guard after the 2006 Winter Olympics, Zablocki worked in the gardening department for The Home Depot from 2004 to the summer of 2006.[5][6]
Zablocki underwent surgery on both of her hands during the week of 13 April 2009 to relieve pain in both of them that was successful.[7]
She announced her retirement from luge on 9 August 2010, but still has intentions of wanting to remain in US Luge in some capacity.[8]
References
- ^ a b FIL-Luge profile
- ^ 2002 luge women's singles results
- ^ 2006 luge women's singles results
- ^ Yahoo! profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics
- ^ a b USA Luge.org profile
- ^ Home Depot profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics
- ^ 15 April 2009 FIL-Luge.org news on Zablocki's successful surgery. - accessed 8 May 2009.
- ^ Luge Olympian Courtney Zablocki announces retirement. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (9 August 2010 article accessed 15 August 2010.)
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