Kate Hansen
Introduction '''Kate Elizabeth Hansen''' (born June 9, 1992) is an American luger who has competed since 2003.In 2008, she became the youngest Junior World Champion, at age fifteen.
Career Hansen has been competing since 2003.She would practice luge in California by riding a skateboard down hills on her back. In 2008, at the age of fifteen, she was the youngest-ever Junior World Champion. She has been on the United States National Team since 2007, and she finished 16th in the women's singles at a World Cup event in Calgary on November 21, 2009.Hansen won the USA Luge National Championship in October 2013 with a broken foot. In January 2014 she was the U.S. Olympic Committee's athlete of the month. She finished 10th place in the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Competition  Location  Date(s)  Time  Rank  Events 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Winterberg, Germany  November 23, 2007  1:31.974  3rd (Bronze)  Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Altenberg, Germany  November 30, 2007  1:24.267  4th  Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Innsbruck, Austria  December 7, 2007  1:34.128  29th  Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Königssee, Germany  December 14, 2007  DNF    Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Park City, USA  January 17, 2008  1:24.503  1st (Gold)  Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Cup  Calgary, Canada  January 24, 2008  1:32.068  1st (Gold)  Youth A Women 2007–2008 Junior World Championship  Lake Placid, USA  February 7, 2008  1:29.105  1st (Gold)  Junior Women     February 8, 2008  2:18.676  1st (Gold)  Team Competition 2008–2009 Junior World Cup  Winterberg, Germany  January 9, 2009  1:29.464  6th  Junior Women 2008–2009 Junior World Cup  Altenberg, Germany  January 16, 2009  1:28.712  8th  Junior Women 2008–2009 Junior World Cup  Innsbruck, Austria  January 23, 2009  1:22.877  12th  Junior Women     January 23, 2009  2:11.402  1st (Gold)  Team Competition 2008–2009 Junior World Championship  Nagano, Japan  February 13, 2009  1:30.911  5th  Junior Women     February 14, 2009  2:26.116  2nd (Silver)  Team Competition 2009–2010 Viessmann World Cup  Calgary, Canada  November 19, 2009  0:47.667  5th  Nation Cup Women     November 21, 2009  1:35.421  16th  World Cup Women 2009–2010 Viessmann World Cup  Innsbruck, Austria  November 27, 2009  0:40.374  10th  Nation Cup Women     November 28, 2009  1:20.169  13th  World Cup Women 2009–2010 Viessmann World Cup  Altenberg, Germany  December 4, 2009  0:55.784  24th  Nation Cup Women 2009–2010 Viessmann World Cup  Lillehammer, Norway  December 11, 2009  0:49.752  17th  Nation Cup Women 2009–2010 Junior World Cup  Königssee, Germany  January 15, 2010  DNF    Junior Women 2009–2010 Junior World Cup  Oberhof, Germany  January 23, 2010  2:02.064  29th  Junior Women 2009–2010 Junior World Cup  Winterberg, Germany  February 5, 2010  1:30.677  8th  Junior Women 2009–2010 Junior World Championship  Innsbruck, Austria  January 31, 2010  1:20.246  3rd (Bronze)  Junior Women     January 31, 2010  2:11.961  3rd (Bronze)  Team Relay 2010–2011 Viessmann World Cup  Park City, USA  December 18, 2010  0:44.260  9th  Nation Cup Women 2010–2011 Junior World Cup  Altenberg, Germany  January 14, 2011  1:27.926  6th  Junior Women 2010–2011 Junior World Cup  Innsbruck, Austria  January 28, 2011  1:21.873  18th  Junior Women 2010–2011 Junior World Championship  Oberhof, Germany  February 5, 2011  1:28.844  6th  Junior Women     February 6, 2011  2:21.707  3rd (Bronze)  Team Relay 2011–2012 Viessmann World Cup     23rd  2012–2013 Viessmann World Cup     20th Place  2013 National Championship    1:29.601  Gold   2013 FIL World Championship  Whistler, Canada        14th   2013–2014 Viessmann World Cup including Team Relay  Winterberg, Germany    2nd (Silver)  Team Relay      7th  Women's Singles 2013–2014 Viessmann World Cup including Team Relay  Whistler, Canada    6th Place  2013–2014 Viessmann World Cup including Team Relay  Park City, Utah    4th Place  2013–2014 Viessmann World Cup  Lillehammer, Norway   1:23.976  1st (Gold)  Women's Singles 2014 Olympic Games  Sochi, Russia  February 10, 2014  3:22.667  10th Place  Women's Singles DNS = Did not start  DNF = Did not finish===Sochi 2014===Hansen appeared in the Olympics for the first time at Sochi 2014, where she had a 10th-place finish with a time of 3 minutes 22.667 seconds.
Personal life Hansen is a Mormon and currently attends Brigham Young University. She took a year off to attend the Olympics. She graduated from La Cañada High School. She resides in La Cañada Flintridge, California.Hansen is a fan of Beyoncé and listens to her exclusively while warming up for her races. She warms up by dancing, which became her trademark during the Sochi 2014 Olympics. The official Facebook page of Beyonce posted the link to her dance warmup before Hansen's final race in the Sochi 2014 luge event, wishing her luck. The dance apparently came about after she broke her foot and had trouble running to warm up.Hansen teamed up with Jimmy Kimmel in a prank video which made it seem that a wolf had broken into the apartment where she was staying. A few days later, they admitted to the prank after having scared the media, as well as security.
References * FIL-Luge profile
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