Brian

Martin

Best-Ever Results

• 2010 Olympic Winter Games - 13th place with partner Mark Grimmette
• USA Luge's all-time leaders in int'l medals won, 65, including Olympic, World Championship, World Cup & Challenge Cup (19-17-28
• 2002 XIX Olympic silver medalists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 1998 XVIII Olympic bronze medalists, Nagano, Japan
• DNF 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
• Three-time overall World Cup Champions (1998, 1999 & 2003), 2000 overall World Cup bronze medalists
• 11 World Cup wins gives them the all-time USA Luge lead for career victories
• Five-time World Championship bronze medalists (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 & 2007)
• Two-time world championship team event silver medalists (2004 & 2005)
• Two-time overall Challenge Cup silver medalists (2000 & 2001)
• Two-time consecutive Challenge Cup Champions (2002 & 2003)
• 2000 Winter Goodwill Games Champions
• Four-time Verizon North American Champions (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004)
• Verizon U.S. National Champions (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005-06 & 2007)

2007-08 Results

• 2007-08 World Cup Results: 14th, 11th, 9th, 12th, 9th, 14th, 14th, 12th
• Finished 10th in the final 2008 overall World Cup rankings
• Finished ninth at the 40th World Luge Championships
• Finished fifth in the final 2008 overall Challenge Cup rankings
• DSQ 2008 Verizon U.S. National Championships

Fun Facts

• Brian's favorite food is chips and salsa
• Brian enjoys photography , surfing, hiking, sailing, biking and woodworking
• Learn more about Mark and Brian by visiting their website,grimmettemartin.com

Olympic Experience

• 4-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Vancouver 2010, 13th (Double - Open)
• Olympic Games Turin 2006, (Double - Open)
• Olympic Games Salt Lake City 2002, silver (Double - Open)
• Olympic Games Nagano 1998, bronze (Double - Open)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2009 – bronze (Double - Open), 6th (Team - Relay - Mixed)
• Years of participation: Double - Open 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009; Team - Relay - Mixed 2009; Team - Mixed 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
• Medals: 9 (2 silver, 7 bronze)
• Silver – 2005 (Team - Mixed); 2004 (Team - Mixed)
• Bronze – 2009 (Double - Open); 2007 (Double - Open); 2005 (Double - Open); 2004 (Double - Open); 2001 (Team - Mixed); 2000 (Double - Open); 1999 (Double - Open)