Gordon Sheer

Gordon Sheer
Medal record
Luge
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Lillehammer Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1996 Altenberg Men's doubles

Gordon "Gordy" Sheer (born June 9, 1971), is an American luger who competed from 1989 to the late 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at Nagano in 1998.[1]

Sheer also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 1995 and 1996. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1996–7.

Sources

  • 1994 luge men's doubles results
  • 1998 Washington Post.com information on Sheer and doubles' partner Chris Thorpe.
  • DatabaseOlympics.com information on Sheer. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-08-28)
  • FIL-Luge profile
  • Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
  • Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-30)
  • Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
  • List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
  • Thinkquest information on Sheer. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-04-21)
  • United States Luge Association contact information

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gordon Sheer Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

External links


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