Tony Benshoof

Lee Antony "Tony" Benshoof (born 7 July 1975 St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American luger.

Career

Tony Benshoof began in 1989 with 13 years with the sport of luge. The athletes from White Bear Lake, Minnesota is located on the third rank of the world's most successful luge athlete, he won 25 international medals, including five gold. In October 2001, he set up a valid up to the 2010 Olympic Games in luge speed record. At the toboggan run in Park City, he reached a speed of 139 km / h

Highlights in Benshoofs career were his three Olympic appearances. At the Olympic Games in 2002 in its U.S. home in Salt Lake City, he came only to 17th place. Far better was his second appearance at the Games in Turin 2006., Where he missed a fourth Olympic medal. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he was ranked 8th

At the World Championships in 2004 and 2005, he won with the team each behind the German team the silver medal, 2003, Bronze. 2000, 2001 and 2004 was Benshoof North American continental champions six times (2000-2002 and 2004-2006) American master.

In the World Cup he finished the season 2005/ 06 as a third party from 2003 /04 in fourth and 2004/ 05 as sixth. However, a World Cup race he could not win so far. However, he has won two races of the Challenge Cup in 2003 in Altenberg, and Park City.