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Tristan WALKER

Canada

Gender: Male
Nationality: -

Birthday: 16 May 1991
Age: 23

Height: 1.85 m (6' 1'')
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs

Place of Birth: -
Place of Residence: -

Luge

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Athlete competitions and results

12 February, 18:15 Doubles Run 1
Team: CAN
Time: 49.857 (+0.484)
Rank: 4

12 February, 19:45 Doubles Run 2
Team: CAN
Time: 1:39.840 (+0.907)
Rank: 4

13 February, 20:15 Team Relay Competition
Team: CAN
Time: 2:47.395 (+1.746)
Rank: 4

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
15	Doubles	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1:24.220
World Championships
2	Team Relay	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:04.272
3	Team Relay	2012	Altenberg, GER	2:22.404
4	Doubles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:13.346
8	Doubles	2011	Cesana Pariol, ITA	1:34.146
13	Doubles	2012	Altenberg, GER	1:24.495

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

Season	Doubles
2013/2014	7
2012/2013	8
2011/2012	10
2010/2011	12

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

Season	Doubles	Relay
2013/2014	1 x 3rd	4 x 2nd
2012/2013	2 x 4th	2 x 2nd
2011/2012	1 x 6th	1 x 1st
2010/2011	1 x 10th	1 x 2nd

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
2	Team Relay	2013/2014	Altenberg, GER	2:26.191
2	Team Relay	2013/2014	Konigssee, GER	2:44.499
2	Team Relay	2013/2014	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:04.202
2	Team Relay	2013/2014	Igls, AUT	2:12.172
3	Doubles	2013/2014	Konigssee, GER	1:40.709
4	Doubles	2013/2014	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:13.378
4	Team Relay	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	2:19.217
5	Doubles	2013/2014	Winterberg, GER	1:28.110
8	Doubles	2013/2014	Sigulda, LAT	1:24.304
8	Doubles	2013/2014	Altenberg, GER	1:24.399
8	Doubles	2013/2014	Oberhof, GER	1:24.168
8	Doubles	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	1:28.046

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

Hobbies: Playing guitar, writing music and lyrics for his band, travelling, computer graphics, skiing. (NOC Media Guide, 2014; luge.ca, 16 Feb 2013)
Languages Spoken: English
Position Style: Front (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010

Occupation: Athlete
Coach: Wolfgang Staudinger, GER; Bernhard Glass, GER (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Injuries: In 2012 he required surgery on his hand after severing tendons in what he described as a "stupid accident" away from the track. (canada.com, 31 Jan 2013)

In 2011 he missed most of summer training after contracting swine flu. (canada.com, 31 Jan 2013)

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He first tried luge at age 10. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)

Reason for taking up this sport
His parents signed him up for ski jumping, biathlon and luge camps at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, AB, Canada. He chose to persevere with luge because it was the fastest. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)

Ambitions
To win gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Facebook page, 24 Nov 2013)

Most influential person in career
His parents. (olympic.ca, 31 Dec 2010)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"It's not the destination, it's the journey." (NOC, 02 Feb 2010)

General
FINANCIAL PRESSURES
Neither he nor partner Justin Snith have been able to secure personal sponsors. The financial constraints mean it is impossible for him to move out of his parents' home or consider a university education. He therefore sees winning a medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi as the most viable way of raising their profile and gaining sponsorship. "It's getting more and more difficult to justify doing this compared to going to school and starting my real life. I just want to be clear, it's definitely not about the money, it's about my ability to continue sliding, because I love it. It's been my favourite thing in the entire world since I was 10 years old." (canada.com, 31 Jan 2013)

LETTING JOKES SLIDE
He admits doubles luge is a prime target for jokes. "Two guys lying on top of each other in spandex, there have always been jokes about it, but we embrace it. We have to do everything together on a sled. If we're not working together the sled just doesn't run." (thestar.com, 09 Feb 2013)

FROM SINGLES TO DOUBLES
He was racing singles as a junior until the only Canadian junior doubles team broke up, and he was then teamed with Justin Snith. He and Snith became the youngest double luge team in history to represent Canada at an Olympic Winter Games, achieving the feat at the 201 Games in Vancouver. The pair then secured Canada's best ever world championship finish in double luge at the 2013 World Championships in Whistler, BC, Canada, by placing fourth. (cbc.ca, 01 Feb 2013; walker-snith.com, 31 Jan 2012)

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