Olympian
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