Gordon Sheer
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luge | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1998 Nagano | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
| 1995 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
| 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.
Sheer also ran in the Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger in the early 1980s in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
Sources
[edit]- 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)
- Deprecated link 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 Deprecated link archived 2012-12-28 at archive.today
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
[edit]- Gordy Sheer at the International Luge Federation (archive)
- Gordon Sheer at Olympics.com
- Gordy Sheer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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