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Kate HANSEN

United States

Gender: Female
Nationality: United States

Birthday: 9 June 1992
Age: 22

Height: 1.73 m (5' 8'')
Weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs

Place of Birth: United States, BURBANK
Place of Residence: -

Luge

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Athlete competitions and results

10 February, 18:45 Women's Singles Run 1
Kate HANSEN
Time: 50.794 (+0.903)
Rank: 10

10 February, 20:20 Women's Singles Run 2
Kate HANSEN
Time: 1:41.375 (+1.561)
Rank: 10

11 February, 18:30 Women's Singles Run 3
Kate HANSEN
Time: 2:32.168 (+2.589)
Rank: 10

11 February, 20:20 Women's Singles Run 4
Kate HANSEN
Time: 3:22.667 (+2.899)
Rank: 10

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
14	Singles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:14.092

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Singles
2013/2014	7
2012/2013	20
2011/2012	23

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	Singles	Relay
2013/2014	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd
2012/2013	1 x 6th	-
2011/2012	1 x 8th	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
1	Singles	2013/2014	Sigulda, LAT	1:23.976
2	Team Relay	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	2:19.128
4	Singles	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	1:27.929
6	Singles	2013/2014	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:13.851
7	Singles	2013/2014	Winterberg, GER	1:54.605
12	Singles	2013/2014	Oberhof, GER	1:25.012
12	Singles	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	1:36.530
15	Singles	2013/2014	Konigssee, GER	1:42.099
21	Singles	2013/2014	Altenberg, GER	1:47.903
23	Singles	2013/2014	Igls, AUT	1:21.238
Junior World Championships
3	Team Relay	2011	Oberhof, GER	2:21.707
6	Singles	2011	Oberhof, GER	1:28.844
7	Singles	2012	Konigssee, GER	1:44.075

Legend
DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Hobbies: Surfing. (usatoday.com, 13 Oct 2013)
Education: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
Coach: Miro Zayonc [national] (usaluge.org, 10 Dec 2013)

Occupation: Athlete, Student
Languages Spoken: English
Injuries: In October 2013 she won an event in Park City, UT, United States, despite having broken her right foot in a training accident. The win earned her a spot on the US World Cup team. (usatoday.com, 21 Oct 2013; sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 20 Oct 2013)

She broke her back in a training accident around 2008 at the Olympic track in Whistler, BC, Canada. (morganjonescommsportfolio.files.wordpress.com, 01 Nov 2011)

Additional Information

Member of national team since
2007 (fil-luge.org, 02 Feb 2013)

Start of sporting career
She first tried luge at age 10 in Long Beach, CA, United States. (universe.byu.edu, 02 Nov 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
Her father took her to a US slider search event and she was hooked on the sport immediately. "They have these clinics that travel around and they came to Long Beach. They just slap a helmet on you and then push you down this hill." (universe.byu.edu, 02 Nov 2011)

Ambitions
To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (universe.byu.edu, 02 Nov 2011)

Superstitions / Rituals
She dances to the same music before she competes. (nbcsports.com, 11 Feb 2014)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Luge is like riding a free roller coaster every day." (USANA Health Sciences, 16 Nov 2011)

Social Media
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