Gordon Sheer
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luge | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1998 Nagano | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
| | 1995 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
| | 1996 Altenberg | Men's doubles |
Gordon Sheer (nicknamed Gordy, 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.
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 retired in 2000 and is now marketing director for the United States Luge Association in Lake Placid, New York.
References
- 1994 luge men's doubles results
- 1998 Washington Post.com information on Sheer and doubles' partner Chris Thorpe.
- DatabaseOlympics.com information on Sheer.
- FIL-Luge profile
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
- Thinkquest information on Sheer.
- United State Luge Association contact information
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