Sean Hollander

Quick Facts

• Specialty: Men's doubles luge
• Introduced to luge through elementary school after-school program in Lake Placid
• Joined USA Luge Development Team about one year after starting
• Switched from singles to doubles in fall 2020 when pandemic reduced FIL World Cup circuit
• Enjoys video games off the ice

Biographical Information

Sean Hollander was raised in Lake Placid, New York, the home of USA Luge's training facility and the site of the Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932 and 1980. He was introduced to luge at age 10 through an elementary school after-school program. He took a couple of runs on the track, and while two of his three siblings tried the sport for a few weeks, Hollander was the only one who stuck with it. About a year later, after becoming a member of the Adirondack Luge Club, Hollander received a call that he had made the USA Luge Development Team.

As a singles competitor, Hollander was dominant on the junior circuit. In 2018, he won both the Spring Seeding Races and the USA Luge Youth National Championships. The following year, in 2019, he won the USA Luge Junior National Championships, cementing his status as one of the top young sliders in the country. He also earned a bronze medal at the 2020 FIL Junior World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, competing in doubles with Michael O'Gara. Hollander made his world cup debut in the 2020 season finale and posted three top 10 results during the 2019-20 junior world cup season.

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered Hollander's trajectory. With the 2020-21 junior world cup season canceled and the senior world cup circuit reduced, Hollander and Zack DiGregorio made a strategic decision in fall 2020 to form a doubles team. USA Luge head coach Robert Fegg admitted he was initially resistant to the switch, having hopes for both athletes to continue in singles for the next Olympic quad.

At just 21 years old, Hollander earned his first Olympic berth when he and DiGregorio were named to the U.S. team in 2022. They became the youngest doubles team in the Olympic field and finished 11th in the doubles competition and 7th in the team relay at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. 

Following Beijing 2022, their breakthrough came at the 2023 Lake Placid FIL World Cup, where they became the first U.S. doubles team to win a world cup race in 18 years on Hollander's home track. They secured their second Olympic berth through consistent performances during the 2025-26 qualification season.

Both Hollander and DiGregorio credit their friendship and mutual respect for their success—bringing together the skills they had learned in singles, they were able to seamlessly bring together their skill sets into a dynamic duo. 

Olympic Experience

• 1-time Olympian
  • Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 7th (Team - Relay - Mixed), 11th (Double - Open)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2025 – 10th (Double - Men)
• Years of participation: Double - Men 2023, 2024, 2025; Sprint - Double - Men 2023, 2024; Team - Relay - Mixed 2023
• Top finish: 5th – 2023 (Team - Relay - Mixed)