Regan Lauscher
Lauscher at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | February 21, 1980
Sport | |
Sport | Luge |
Regan Lauscher (born February 21, 1980 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian luger. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of tenth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.
Her second-place finish at the Luge World competitions at Lake Placid, New York in 2004 was the best ever time by a Canadian female luger. Lauscher's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was ninth in the women's singles event at Park City, Utah in 2005.
During the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lauscher wrote an online journal for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about her views and actions during those games. Prior to the 2006 games, she had earned her journalism degree from Mount Royal College.
Lauscher had surgeries on both of her shoulders in May 2008 and resumed training in October.
References
- 2002 luge women's singles results
- 2006 luge women's singles results
- After operations on both shoulders. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (24 October 2008 article accessed 24 October 2008.)
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2014)