Adam Joseph Rosen (April 12, 1984 – December 19, 2021), often known as AJ Rosen, was an American-British Olympic luger, the nation's best, who debuted in 2003."Athletes To Watch At The Winter Olympics,"
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Personal life

A native and resident of

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, Rosen was

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.">"On The Right Track,"
''Jewish Week''. His mother, Gay, is from the United Kingdom. He was named after his grandfather, who served aboard for the

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He graduated from

New Rochelle High School New Rochelle High School (NRHS) is a public high school in New Rochelle, New York. It is part of the City School District of New Rochelle and is the city's sole public high school. Its student body represents 60 countries from around the world. I ...

in 2002, after playing football for the school team for one season. Rosen was involved with the

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, having earned a Cadet Senior Master Sergeant rank in 2001. He was also a part-time music entrepreneur. He was a dual U.S.-British citizen. His younger brother Brett plays baseball for the

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. He died from cancer on December 19, 2021, at the age of 37.

Career

Rosen became attracted to luge while watching the 1994 Winter Olympics on television in his New Rochelle home when he was nine years old. He trained with the Canadian luge team. He finished 16th in the men's singles event at both the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

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, out of 36 competitors, and the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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, out of 38 competitors. Rosen did not qualify for the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, so luge did not receive UK Sport funding for the 2018 Olympic cycle. He qualified for the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

, along with

Rupert Staudinger Rupert Staudinger (born 15 July 1997) is a British-German luger. Born in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria to a German father and a Welsh mother, he grew up in Schönau am Königssee. Staudinger competed for the United Kingdom in the men's singles e ...

, where with inferior equipment he finished 22nd. His best finish at the

FIL World Luge Championships The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural T ...

was 24th in the men's singles event at

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. He had the best-ever result for a British luger when he finished in sixth place at the Viessman Luge World Cup in

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, Canada, during the 2008–09 World Cup season. He returned to competing after a 2009 accident in which he dislocated his hip and damaged his nerves.

References

External links

AJRosen.com
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Adam 1984 births 2021 deaths American aviators American male lugers British male lugers American emigrants to England Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from New Rochelle, New York Olympic lugers of Great Britain Jewish American sportspeople Jewish British sportspeople 21st-century American Jews New Rochelle High School alumni