Matthew Mortensen

Matthew Mortensen

Matthew Mortensen in 2013
Personal information
Born December 11, 1985
Huntington Station, New York, United States[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Luge
Club U.S. Army

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 fifth in men's doubles in the 2010–11 / 2011–12 Luge World Cup seasons.

Mortensen's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 7th in the doubles event in Cesana, Italy in 2011.

He serves as an electrician in the New York Army National Guard.[2]

Mortensen finished 14th in the doubles luge with team-mate 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matthew Mortensen. sports-reference.com
  2. Jon R. Anderson (February 4, 2014) Meet your military Olympians. militarytimes.com
  3. "Augusta’s Julia Clukey earns spot on USA Luge team". Bangor Daily News. May 20, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

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