Tristan Walker

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Tristan Walker
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Tristan Walker in 2018
Medal record
Men's luge
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Mixed team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Whistler Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Altenberg Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Königssee Mixed team

Tristan Walker (born May 16, 1991, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. He has three Luge World Cup doubles podium finishes and was 8th in men's doubles at Cesana in the 2011 World Championships.

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Walker qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 15th. Walker also qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He competed in both the Doubles race and the Team Relay (which made its Olympic appearance in 2014). He and his teammate Justin Snith missed the podium in the doubles event by just five-one hundredths (0.05) of a second for the best-ever Olympic result by a Canadian sled in the event. They joined Alex Gough and Samuel Edney and had another Olympic fourth-place finish. The team won silver at the 2013 World Championships, following bronze in 2012.

2022 Olympics

In January 2022, Walker was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Nichols, Paula (18 January 2022). "Team Canada to have six luge athletes at Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. "Veterans Walker, Snith to lead young Canadian luge team at Beijing Winter Games". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.