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Zach Lund

Salt Lake City, Utah
USA
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Zach Lund made a flip from feet-first to head-first in 1999 after deciding to switch from the sport of luge to the sport of skeleton. Shortly thereafter, Lund claimed two America's Cup titles in 2002 and 2004, and slid to a top-10 finish at every World Cup race in the 2005 season. Lund fought back after serving a suspension for the banned substance finasteride, a drug that has since been removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency banned list, and claimed the overall 2007 World Cup title. He won five medals, four of them gold, and currently owns two track records after smashing the previous records in Cesana and Königssee. In the 2007-2008 season, Lund placed sixth at the World Championship in Altenberg and ranked 3rd in the World Cup standings. ABOUT ME: Lund is the youngest of four children and greatly admires his parents. When he was 15, he made a promise to his mother, who passed away after a two- year battle with skin cancer, to always follow his dreams. He followed and achieved his first dream of winning the overall World Cup title in 2007 and is eagerly pursuing his Olympic dream. Lund is enrolled at Westminster College in Utah with a major in aviation. He hopes to fly forest-fire sludge bombers when he retires from sliding.


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