Tony Benshoof Bio Guinness Book Fastest Luge Speed Holder

Contact Tony
tony.benshoof@gmail.com

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND STATS

Personal Info:

DOB: July 7, 1975
Height / Weight 6'1", 200 Lbs.
Born in St. Paul, MN
Resides in White Bear Lake, MN during off-season
Favorite off-season activities include water skiing and motorcycling, golf and playing piano and guitar.
Currently enrolled at Empire State University, SUNY. Expected graduation date fall 2006 with B.S in Business, Management and Economics

Top Results:

2002, 2006 USA Olympic Team Member
Guinness Book "fastest luge speed" record holder, (86.6 mph) on Oct. 16, 2001
Has raced to 25-career int'l medals
A 2003 World Championship team event silver medallist, a 2001 world championship team event bronze medallist
Raced to eight medals in 2003-04 (2 gold, 1 silver, five bronze)
A two-time fall 2003 Challenge Cup gold medallist (Altenberg, Germany, Park City, Utah)
Set new Altenberg, Germany track record of 54.240 (Nov. 23, 2003)
Five-time Verizon U.S. National Champion ('00,'01,'02,'03,'04,'05)
Current all-time medal leader for USA Men's singles Luge with 25 International medals.

2005-06 Results:

4th place in Torino, Italy
World Cup Overall Bronze Medalist (05-06)
Challenge Cup Overall Silver Medalist (05-06)
National Start Champion for Singles and Doubles (with Jonathan Myles)
World Cup Silver in Sigulda, Latvia
World Cup Bronze in Cesana, Italy
Challenge Cup Gold in Chesana, Italy
World Cup Silver in Altenberg, Germany
Team Competition Gold in Calgary, Canada
World Cup Silver in Lake Placid, NY
World Cup Silver in Konigssee
Overall Team Competition Silver - only athlete to race in every Team Comp during 05-06 season
14th place Igls, Austria World Cup
11th Place European Championships in Winterberg, Germany
4th Place Oberhof, Germany - World Cup Finale