Emily Sweeney

Name: Emily Sweeney

Sport: Luge

Height: 5'5"

DOB: 3/16/1993

Birthplace: Portland, Maine

Hometown: Suffield, Conn.

Coach(es): Kaspars Dumpis, Bengt Walden (sabbatical), Lubomir Mick

Olympic Experience

2018, 2022

World Championship Experience

2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, (2013 Junior World Champion)

Other Career Highlights

2013 Junior World Champion
1 World Cup gold medal
5 World Cup silver medals
1 World Cup bronze medal

Personal: Emily is a member of the US Army's World Class Athlete Program...Emily enjoys playing lacrosse...Emily loves to sing along to Taylor Swift songs

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FUN FACTS

Emily is a member of the US Army/World Class Athlete Program
Emily enjoys playing lacrosse
Emily loves to sing along to Taylor Swift songs

BEST EVER RESULTS

2020 won 2 silver medals in World Cup races (sprint and singles)
2019 World Championship bronze medalist
Silver medal in 2019 Lake Placid, World Cup singles race
Bronze medal in 2019 Lake Placid World Cup sprint race
Gold medal in 2017 Winterberg, Germany World Cup sprint race (first career gold)
Silver medalist at 2015 Lake Placid World Cup
Silver medal in 2016 Park City World Cup singles race
Silver medal in 2016 Park City World Cup sprint race
Silver medal in 2019 Lake Placid, World Cup singles race
Bronze medal in 2019 Lake Placid World Cup sprint race
Silver medal in 2019 Whistler, Canada World Cup sprint race

2021-2022 SEASON (Emily is a member of the US Army World Class Athlete Program. As such she was not allowed to travel to Russia as per mandate from the US Department of Defense which is preventing military personnel from entering that country.)

16th place in Beijing, China World Cup singles race
DNR in Sochi, Russia (1) World Cup
DNR in Sochi, Russia (2) World Cup
5th place in Altenberg, Germany World Cup singles race
4th place in Altenberg, Germany World Cup team relay (with Jonny Gustafson, Chris Mazdzer, Jayson Terdiman)
6th place in Igls, Austria World Cup singles race
15th place in Igls, Austria World Cup sprint race
DNF in Winterberg, Germany World Cup singles race
11th place in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup singles race
15th place in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup sprint race
DNR in Oberhof, Germany World Cup singles race (opted to sit out and rest her neck)
17th place in St. Moritz, Switzerland World Cup singles race
26th place in Beijing Olympic singles race

2020-21 SEASON (team did not compete in first half due to COVID; raced in Koenigssee Jan 2021, returned home as per WCAP, returned to competition 2 weeks later)

Although exempt from fall qualifying, Emily won the fall series
10th place in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup singles race
Did not compete in Sigulda, Latvia and Oberhof, Germany
12th place in Igls, Austria World Cup 2 singles race
8th place in Igls, Austria World Cup 2 sprint race
7th place in Koenigssee, Germany World Championship singles race
8th place in Koenigssee, Germany World Championship sprint race
18th place in St. Moritz, Switzerland World Cup singles race (held in heavy snowfall)
Team relay in St. Moritz, Switzerland snowed out

2019-20 SEASON

24th place in Igls, World Cup singles race
Silver medal in Lake Placid, World Cup singles race
Bronze medal in Lake Placid World Cup sprint race
7th place in Whistler, Canada World Cup singles race
Silver medal in Whistler, Canada World Cup sprint race
DNS second run in Altenberg, Germany World Cup singles race
DNS in Lillehammer, Norway World Cup singles race
15th place in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup singles race
DNS second run in Oberhof, Germany World Cup singles race, then ended season due to neck issues

2018-19 SEASON (Raced partial season in coming back from Olympic crash in Feb 2018)

WD after one heat in Sochi, Russia
DNR in Oberhof, Germany
4th place in Altenberg, Germany World Cup singles race
Bronze medalist in Winterberg, Germany World Championship singles race (first career World Championship medal)
4th place in Winterberg, Germany World Championship sprint race
6th place in Winterberg, Germany World Championship team relay (with Jonny Gustafson, Chris Mazdzer, Jayson Terdiman)
DNR in Sigulda, Latvia
21st place in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup singles race
4th place in Lake Placid, NY World Cup sprint race
4th place in Lake Placid, NY World Cup singles race
6th place in Calgary, Canada World Cup singles race
Bronze medal in Whistler, Canada World Cup singles race
DNR in Igls, Austria season opener

2017-18 SEASON (finished World Cup season 11th ranked overall)

Did not finish in her Olympic debut in Pyeongchang, South Korea
21st place in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup singles race (4th after first run)
12th place in Lillehammer, Norway World Cup sprint race
14th place in Lillehammer, Norway World Cup singles race
DNR in Oberhof, Germany World Cup singles race (neck strain)
7th place in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup singles race
17th place in Lake Placid World Cup singles race
7th place in Calgary, Canada World Cup singles race (secured second B tier Olympic qualification
11th place in Altenberg, Germany World Cup singles race
Gold medal in Winterberg, Germany World Cup sprint race (first career gold)
8th place in Winterberg, Germany World Cup singles (secured B tier Olympic qualification)
14th place in Igls, Austria World Cup singles

2016-17 SEASON (wrist surgery in late summer 2016)

Won last 2 fall seeding races
9th place in Winterberg, Germany World Cup singles race
14th place in Winterberg, Germany World Cup sprint race
6th place in Lake Placid World Cup singles race
4th place in Whistler World Cup singles race
Silver medal in Park City World Cup singles race
Silver medal in Park City World Cup sprint race
8th place in Koenigssee, Germany World Cup singles race
9th place in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup singles
4th in Sigulda, Latvia World Cup sprint
15th in World Championship singles race (Igls, Austria)
4th in World Championship sprint race (Igls, Austria)
12th place in Oberhof, Germany World Cup women's singles race
21st in Pyeongchang, South Korea pre-Olympic World Cup singles race
17th in Altenberg, Germany World Cup singles race

2015-16 SEASON (Finished 8th in overall World Cup rankings)

Swept the fall series: gold medalist in both seeding races and Norton National Championships
6th in Igls, Austria World Cup
Silver medalist at 2015 Lake Placid World Cup
5th place in 2015 Park City World Cup (missed singles podium by 0.01 of a second)
9th place in 2015 Park City World Cup (sprint)
7th place in 2015 Calgary World Cup (singles)
5th place in 2015 Calgary World Cup (sprint)
9th place in 2015 Sigulda World Cup (singles)
11th place in Oberhof World Cup (singles)
8th place in Oberhof World Cup (sprint)
14th place in Koenigssee World Championships (singles)
20th place in Sochi World Cup (singles)
12th place in Altenberg World Cup (singles)
9th place in Winterberg World Cup (singles)