Tristan Walker (born May 16, 1991, in
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 ...
,
Alberta) is a Canadian
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 ...
r who has competed since 2008. He has three
Luge World Cup
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation since 1977–78. The World Cup is the highest level season-long competition in the sport.
Men's singles
*Medals:
Women's singles
*Med ...
doubles podium finishes and was 8th in men's doubles at
Cesana in the 2011 World Championships.
Walker qualified for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, where he finished 15th.
Walker also qualified for the
2014 Winter Olympics
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in Sochi, Russia. He competed in both the Doubles race and the Team Relay (which made its Olympic appearance in 2014). He and his teammate
Justin Snith
Justin Snith (born December 8, 1991 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. He has three Luge World Cup doubles podium finishes.
Snith qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics with Tristan Walker, where he ...
missed the podium in the doubles event by just five-one hundredths (0.05) of a second for the best-ever Olympic result by a Canadian sled in the event. They joined
Alex Gough and
Samuel Edney and had another Olympic fourth-place finish. The team won silver at the 2013 World Championships, following bronze in 2012.
2022 Olympics
In January 2022, Walker was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.
References
FIL-Luge profileTeam Canada profile
External links
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1991 births
Canadian male lugers
Living people
Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Canada
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic medalists in luge
Lugers from Calgary
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