Brooke Apshkrum

Brooke Apshkrum
Apshkrum in 2018
Personal information
Born (1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 25)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Luge
EventWomen's singles
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer Girls' singles

Brooke Apshkrum (Latvian: Brūka Apškrūma; born September 9, 1999, in Calgary, Alberta)[2] is a Canadian luger.

Career

2015–2016 season

Apshkrum won the gold medal in the girls' singles event at the second Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[3]

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Apshkrum was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b FIL Profile
  2. ^ "National Teams - Luge Canada". www.luge.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. ^ "Canada's Apshkrum dances her way to luge gold". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Canadian luge team named for 2018 Winter Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Canadian luge team named for PyeongChang 2018". www.luge.ca/. Luge Canada. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.


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