Megan Sweeney
Athlete Bio#
Age
38
Hometown
Suffield
EVENT - LUGE, SINGLES
OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 22nd
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Finished fourth in the final overall 2004 Youth A (to age 17) women's singles World Cup rankings
- Raced to 10 int'l junior medals in 2005-06 (1, 2, 7)
- 2005-06 Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) National Championship bronze medalist
- Two-time Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) national champion (2006 & 2007)
2007-08 Results
- 2007-08 World Cup Results: 7th, 19th, 21st, 16th, 10th, 14th, 20th, 18th
- Finished 18th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
- Finished 16th at the 40th World Luge Championships
- Finished fifth at the 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships
DID YOU KNOW ...?
- Megan's sister, Emily, slides on the Junior World Cup tour
- Megan's favorite athlete is tennis player Andy Roddick
- Megan is a former black belt in karate and competed in the 1998 Junior Olympics, winning gold and silver medals
- Megan is enrolled in DeVry University
