Kate Hansen
 Hansen in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kate Elizabeth Hansen[1] |
| Born | June 9, 1992 Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Education | Brigham Young University |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport |  Luge |
| Club | Brigham Young University |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2014 Sochi |
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
[edit]Hansen has been competing since 2003. She would practice luge in California by riding a skateboard down hills on her back.[2] 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.[2] 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
[edit]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
[edit]Hansen is a Mormon and currently attends Brigham Young University.[3] She took a year off to attend the Olympics. She graduated from La Cañada High School.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] The dance apparently came about after she broke her foot and had trouble running to warm up.[3]
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
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kate Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Kragthorpe, Kurt. "Olympics: BYU student 10th after two solid luge runs". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Judd, Brandon (February 10, 2014). "BYU Student, U.S. Luger Kate Hansen's Pre-race Dance Routine At Olympics Grabs Worldwide Attention". Deseret News. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ Campa, Andrew (February 11, 2014). "La Canada's Kate Hansen Accomplishes Goal of Taking 10th Place at Olympics". La Canada Valley Sun. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Plaschke, Bill (February 11, 2014). "Sochi Olympics: Finishing 10th, luger Kate Hansen is Games' big winner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ Cooper, Sam (February 10, 2014). "American Luger Kate Hansen Dances To Beyoncé Before Every Race and Doesn't Care Who Watches". Yahoo. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
External links
[edit]
- Kate Hansen at the International Luge Federation
- Kate Hansen at Team USA (archive December 11, 2018)
- Kate Hansen at Olympics.com
- Kate Hansen at Olympic.org (archived)
- Kate Hansen at Olympedia
- Kate Hansen on Instagram
- Kate Hansen's channel on YouTube
