Samuel Edney
Samuel Edney (* June 24, 1984 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a Canadian luger.
Life
Since 1998, Samuel Edney is luger. Since 2000, he serves on the National Executive of Canada. In the season 2002/ 03 he won the overall title of the Junior World Cup in single and was fourth in the doubles competition. Since the 2003/ 04 season, he takes first in the single as well as in doubles with his sledge partner Gwyn Lewis. First, the major successes came in doubles. In Calgary, they made their debut and were immediately Seventh, in Winterberg decades. In the overall standings, they were 15th in the single-seater he was ranked 31 in the overall standings, the best result was ranked 21 in Lake Placid. Especially the double results could be maintained in the subsequent season approximately. 2005/ 06, they challenged only the first two races since Edney starts only in the single-seater.
Since the concentration of the single-seater Edney could be more successful in this class. Even in the season 2005/ 06 he came in Altenberg and Calgary on 14th place and was 27th overall. Although the 2006/07 season did not yield any new improvement in the ranks in individual races, but the Canadians could now improve to No. 22 overall. Since he did not contest the last two races of 2007/ 08, he deteriorated in the standings, although to a place, but reached on his home track in 12th a new best individual result. This result he could confirm the following season in Vancouver and will be in the overall standings 21.
His first major event denied Edney at the Luge World Cup in 2004 in Nagano. With his partner Lewis, he was 13th in the doubles and 25 in the single-seater competition. In 2005 he reached rank 17 its better ranking in doubles. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin of Canadians reached in single ended with disappointing 19th place 32 the Luge World Cup 2007 in Nagano. Far better was the Luge World Cup 2008 in Oberhof, where Edney ninth place reached his best international result. The result, he was able to confirm only partially in 2009 in Lake Placid as 17. After the international season, he won the Canadian championship.
At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Samuel Edney reached the 7th place.
In the Luge World Cup 2012 in Altenberg, he won the team relay bronze medal, in the following year at the World Championships in Whistler the silver medal.