Bengt Walden

EVENT - LUGE, SINGLES

OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS

• 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 15th
• 2002 Olympic Winter Games - 23rd (with the Swedish National Team)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Finished 23rd at the 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games (for Sweden) in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Began sliding in 1985 and was member of Sweden's national team since 1988
• 2007 Verizon U.S. National Championship silver medalist
• 2007-08 World Cup Results: 9th, 17th, 16th, 11th, 20th, 8th, 15th, 20th
• Finished 13th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
• 2007 JetBlue Airways U.S. national luge start championship silver medalist
• Finished 12th at the 40th World Luge Championships
• 2008 Verizon U.S. National Champion
• 2006-07 Senior World Cup Results: (Competing for Sweden): 9^th, 32^nd, 24^th, 7^th, 14^th, 22^nd, 17^th, DNR, DNR
• Finished 18^th in the final 2007 overall World Cup rankings
• Finished 13^th (Competing for Sweden) at the 2007 World Luge Championships
• 2007 Verizon U.S. National Championship silver medalist

PERSONAL

• Bengt owns a nautilus gym in Stockholm, Sweden
• Bengt's favorite place to compete is in Calgary, Canada
• Bengt is married to U.S. women's singles slider, Ashley Walden