Christian Elza Niccum (born January 27, 1978) is a retired

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r who has competed since 1996 on the World Cup tour. He was the alternate in 1998, coached for Canada in 2002, finished 23rd in the men's singles event at the

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. Four years later in

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, he finished sixth in the men's doubles event. At the

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he finished 6th as part of the US team in the team relay and finished 11th in the doubles with Jayson Terdiman. Niccum's best finish at the

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was ninth in the men's singles event at

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. In doubles his best finish was a 6th place in 2008 in Oberhof, Germany. Niccum is a 4 time Junior World Champion with teammate Matt McClain (1995,1996,1997,1998) Niccum was the youngest double rider to win a World Cup race in Lillihammer, Norway in December 1996. He then went on to win 2 more in 1998. In 2011 Niccum set a new record when he finished third in a race in Winterberg, Germany, for the longest gap between World Cup podium finishes, at 12 years. Niccum retired from the sport after the 2014 Winter Olympics. Born in

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, Niccum resides in

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when not involved in

References

2006 luge men's singles results

FIL-Luge profile

USA Luge profile of Niccum and Dan Joye

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* * * * 1978 births Living people American male lugers Olympic lugers for the United States Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Woodinville, Washington Sportspeople from King County, Washington Sportspeople from Minneapolis {{US-luge-bio-stub