Mark Grimmette (born January 23, 1971) is an American luger who competed from 1990 to 2010. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 1998. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Grimmette also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Mixed team: 2004, 2005) and seven bronzes (Men's doubles: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009; Mixed team: 2001). He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles *le three times (1997–1998, 1998–1999, 2002–2003). He was selected in December 2009 to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Grimmette carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

He announced his retirement on March 17, 2010.

On April 29, 2010, it was announced that Grimmette was named USA Luge's Sports Program Director and also was involved as a head coach.

Personal life

Mark Grimmette lived in Muskegon, Michigan and graduated from Reeths-Puffer High School originally, but moved to Lake Placid, New York after being named to his current position. He lives there with his wife Keela, founder of www.reason2smile.org. Grimmette and his wife Keela have three children.

A biography of Mark Grimmette is 9.8 Meters Per Second Per Second by Jean E. Van Lente.

Grimmette attended the University of Denver in the early 1990s.

References

• 1994 luge men's doubles results
• 2006 luge men's doubles results
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile on Grimmette.
• FIL-Luge profile
• Five-Time Olympian Mark Grimmette new USA Sports Program Director. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (April 29, 2010 article accessed April 29, 2010.)
• Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
• Official website of Grimmette and Martin
• USA Luge profile of Grimmette and Martin

External links

• Mark Grimmette at the International Luge Federation
• Mark Grimmette at TeamUSA.org
• Mark Grimmette at Olympics.com
• Mark Grimmette at Olympic.org (archived)
• Mark Grimmette at Olympedia