Jonathan GUSTAFSON

United States of America

Luge

Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

United States of America

Residence: LAKE PLACID, NY

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Men's Singles	19

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group B Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group B Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group B Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group B Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Team Relay	2019	Winterberg, GER	2:25.147
14	Men's Singles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:45.105
17	Men's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:44.162
18	Men's Singles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	1:40.562
31	Men's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	50.746

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Men's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:44.162
3	Men's Singles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:45.105

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men's Singles	Men's Singles Sprint
2021/22	19	20
2020/21	28
2019/20	20
2018/19	19
2017/18	40
2016/17	30

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
14	Men's Singles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
14	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
15	Men's Singles Sprint	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
19	Men's Singles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
21	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
21	Men's Singles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
24	Men's Singles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
24	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
25	Men's Singles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
28	Men's Singles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER

Hobbies:

Esports, reading.

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Father, Eric. Mother, Joanne. Brothers Caleb and Brandin.

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

National: Robert Fegg (GER), Bill Tavares (USA)

Debut:

2016 World Cup in Lake Placid (Singles - 19th)

Start:

Competed in hockey as a child and then picked up luge at age 11 after attending a USA Luge Slider Search event. When he had to decide between the two sports, he chose luge. (lakeplacidnews.com, 18 Nov 2020; All in with ESports, 24 Nov 2020)

General Interest

FORERUNNER
When he was a high school student at Massena Central School and on the USA Junior National Luge "C" team, he served as a forerunner for a World Cup race in Lake Placid in 2013. (northcountrynow.com, 16 Feb 2013)

Milestones

Competed at four World Championships (2017-21)

Back-to-back bronze medallist in singles at the U23 World Championships (2019, 2020), and silver in team relay at the 2016 Junior World Championships (with Grace Weinberg, Jake Farquharson/Christian Colaiezzi).

Top World Cup finishes are a pair of sevenths. in 2018 (Igls) and 2019 (Lake Placid).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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