Jon Owen (born late 20th century) is an American

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

official who competed in the sport in the late 1980s. He is best known for becoming the first person to slide down the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track used for the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

in January 1997 at the

Park City, Utah Park City is a city in Utah, United States. The vast majority is in Summit County, and it extends into Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City' ...

venue. Owen finished 23rd in the men's singles event at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

. He later became a development coach for the U.S. Luge Team, and was honored as a development coach of the year by the

United States Olympic Committee The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Col ...

in 1996. While a development coach for the U.S. team in Park City, Owen developed a

sled for the disabled which was presented for use in 2010. He serves as Western Regional Coordinator for USA Luge in Park City. In 2020 Owen coached Team USA Luge at the Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games.

References

1988 luge men's singles results (as Jonathan Owen)
* ttp://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/archive/9798spec-rel/usc-w-swim-spec-rel03.html University of Southern California 1997 article on USOC Development Coaches of the Year, including Owen.br>USALuge.org contact information, including Owen.Utah Olympic Park track information featuring the first run by Owen

External links

* American male lugers Living people Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Year of birth missing (living people) People from Salt Lake County, Utah Olympic lugers of the United States {{US-luge-bio-stub