Wendel Suckow
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Wendel Suckow (born April 11, 1967 in Marquette, Michigan) is an American luger who competed during the 1990s. He is best known for the being the first American to ever win a gold medal in luge either at the Winter Olympics or the World Championships when he was the surprise winner of the 1993 championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Suckow along with fellow Boy Scout and future Olympic medalist Chris Thorpe,[1] first experienced luge on a small hometown track that (later relocated to nearby Negaunee, Michigan) remains the only full-length natural track luge facility in the United States.[2]
Competing in three Winter Olympics, Suckow's best finish was fifth in the men's singles at Lillehammer in 1994.
Suckow retired from luge after the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and went to work for Team Worldwide, a logistics firm, as an account manager in Memphis, Tennessee. He later worked as an account manager for The Terminal Corporation, a logistics firm located in Baltimore, Maryland, but is no longer in that position as of 2008.
References
External links
- 1992 luge men's singles results
- 1998 luge men's singles results
- Brainyhistory.com information on Suckow.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
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- 1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR)
- 1957: Hans Schaller (FRG)
- 1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
- 1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT)
- 1960: Ernst Berndt (FRG)
- 1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
- 1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
- 1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG)
- 1965: Hans Plenk (FRG)
- 1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
- 1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT)
- 1970: Josef Fendt (FRG)
- 1971: Karl Brunner (ITA)
- 1973: Hans Rinn (GDR)
- 1974: Josef Fendt (FRG)
- 1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
- 1977: Hans Rinn (GDR)
- 1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
- 1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR)
- 1981: Sergey Danilin (URS)
- 1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN)
- 1985: Michael Walter (GDR)
- 1987: Markus Prock
- 1989–90: Georg Hackl (FRG)
- 1991: Arnold Huber (ITA)
- 1993: Wendel Suckow (USA)
- 1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
- 1996: Markus Prock (AUT)
- 1997: Georg Hackl (GER)
- 1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
- 2000: Jens Müller (GER)
- 2001–03: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
- 2004: David Möller (GER)
- 2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
- 2007: David Möller (GER)
- 2008–09: Felix Loch (GER)
- 2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
- 2012–13: Felix Loch (GER)
- 2015: Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)
- 2016: Felix Loch (GER)
- 2017: Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
- 2019: Felix Loch (GER)
- 2020: Roman Repilov (RUS)
- 2021: Roman Repilov (RFL)
- 2023: Jonas Müller (AUT)
- 2024: Max Langenhan (GER)
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