Michelle Despain Hoeger (born 5 November 1984) is an

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athlete who competed for

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in the

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. Her husband is

Chris Hoeger Christopher David Hoeger (born 15 January 1985) is an American-born luger who competed for Venezuela in the men's singles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, placing 31st. His wife is Michelle Despain and his father is Werner Hoeger Werner ...

. Despain, whose mother is from

and father is from

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, was born in Rosario, Argentina and grew up in

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. Despain is a Latter-day Saint. Despain worked for Isagenix, a consumer products firm in

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, in the

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service department. Her father is vice president of marketing for the company. She graduated with an associate degree from

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in 2004 and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from

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in 2006. Despain has been competing in the luge since 2003 at the age of 19. She finished 29th in the women's singles event at the 2005 FIL World Luge Championships in

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. She finished 24th of 32 competitors in the women's singles event at the

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References

2006 luge women's singles results

* ttp://www.fil-luge.org/filext/athlet/erfolge_en.asp?p_id=100488 FIL-Luge profile
Isagenix profile

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* * * 1984 births Living people Argentine female lugers American female lugers Argentine emigrants to the United States Argentine Latter Day Saints Brigham Young University alumni Latter Day Saints from Arizona Latter Day Saints from Utah Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Argentina Sportspeople from Chandler, Arizona Sportspeople from Provo, Utah Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Utah Valley University alumni {{US-luge-bio-stub