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Alex Gough (luger)
Canadian luger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alex Gough (born May 12, 1987) is a retired Canadian luger who competed between 2002 and 2018. Gough is a two-time Olympic luge medalist winning bronze in women's and silver in the team relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1][2][3] She was the first Canadian to win a luge medal at the Olympics. Gough won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships 2011 in Cesana, the first ever for a Canadian woman and only the second overall (Miroslav Zajonc was the first with his gold in the men's singles event in 1983).[4] Gough has won a total of six World Championship medals, two bronze in women's singles (2011 and 2013) and a silver and three bronze in the mixed team relay events.
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Born | (1987-05-12) May 12, 1987 (age 37) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Website | AlexGough.com |
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