Ian Cockerline (born February 22, 1984) is a Canadian luger who competed internationally from 2000 to 2010, and competed in two Winter Olympics. While he crashed on his fourth and final run of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he continued to earn his best Olympic finish of 20th in the men's singles event at Vancouver in 2010. He is now retired from the competition. He loves to mountain bike, ski and is scared of height.
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Born | February 22, 1984 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (age 40)
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Country | Canada |
Sport | Luge |
Cockerline's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 15th in the men's singles event at Oberhof, Germany in 2008.
Away from luge, Cockerline resides in Red Deer, Alberta.
References
edit- FIL-Luge results
- 2006 luge men's singles results at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2012)
- Canoe.ca profile[usurped]
- FIL-Luge profile
- Realchampions.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2012)
- Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2012)
- Ian Cockerline | Canadian Athletes Now
External links
edit- Ian Cockerline at the International Luge Federation (archive)
- Ian Cockerline at Olympics.com
- Ian Cockerline at Team Canada
- Ian Cockerline at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)