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Brian Martin

    Athlete Bio

    Hometown

    Palo Alto

    Best-Ever Results

    • 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 13th place with partner Mark Grimmette
    • USA Luge's all-time leaders in int'l medals won, 65, including Olympic, World Championship, World Cup & Challenge Cup (19-17-28
    • 2002 XIX Olympic silver medalists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • 1998 XVIII Olympic bronze medalists, Nagano, Japan
    • DNF 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
    • Three-time overall World Cup Champions (1998, 1999 & 2003), 2000 overall World Cup bronze medalists
    • 11 World Cup wins gives them the all-time USA Luge lead for career victories
    • Five-time World Championship bronze medalists (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 & 2007)
    • Two-time world championship team event silver medalists (2004 & 2005)
    • Two-time overall Challenge Cup silver medalists (2000 & 2001)
    • Two-time consecutive Challenge Cup Champions (2002 & 2003)
    • 2000 Winter Goodwill Games Champions
    • Four-time Verizon North American Champions (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004)
    • Verizon U.S. National Champions (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005-06 & 2007)

    2007-08 Results

    • 2007-08 World Cup Results: 14th, 11th, 9th, 12th, 9th, 14th, 14th, 12th
    • Finished 10th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
    • Finished ninth at the 40th World Luge Championships
    • Finished fifth in the final 2008 overall Challenge Cup rankings
    • DSQ 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships

    Fun Facts

    • Brian's favorite food is chips and salsa
    • Brian enjoys photography , surfing, hiking, sailing, biking and woodworking
    • Learn more about Mark and Brian by visiting their website,grimmettemartin.com
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