Courtney Zablocki (born January 28, 1981) is an American luger who competed from 1997 to 2010.[1] Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.[2][3]
Zablocki best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was ninth in the women's singles event at Nagano in 2004.[1][4]
Born in Hinsdale, Illinois, she resides in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.[5] Before joining the Colorado Army National Guard after the 2006 Winter Olympics, Zablocki worked in the gardening department for The Home Depot from 2004 to the summer of 2006.[5][6]
Zablocki underwent surgery on both of her hands during the week of 13 April 2009 to relieve pain and the surgery was successful.[7]
She announced her retirement from luge on 9 August 2010, but still has intentions of wanting to remain in US Luge in some capacity.[8]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Zablocki, Courtney". FIL. http://www.fil-luge.org/filext/athlet/erfolge_en.asp?p_id=100077.
- ↑ "Luge Women Singles Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City". todor66.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015122609/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/cze/Marketa%2BJeriova/601657.
- ↑ "Luge Women Singles Olympic Games 2006 Torino". todor66.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015092018/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/rus/Alexandra%2BRodionova/100065.
- ↑ "Courtney Zablocki". 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015091253/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/usa/Courtney%2BZablocki/607507.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Courtney Zablocki". USA Luge. http://www.usaluge.org/team/bios/zablocki.php.
- ↑ "Profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics". Home Depot. http://homedepot.mediaroom.com/file.php/604/Zablocki_Courtney+8.10.pdf.[dead link]
- ↑ "News on Zablocki's successful surgery". FIL. April 15, 2009. http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/courtney-zablocki-underwent-surgery.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=4f5bba83ca. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
- ↑ [[[:Template:FIL-Luge link]] "Luge Olympian Courtney Zablocki announces retirement"]. FIL. August 9, 2010. Template:FIL-Luge link. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
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