Corporate Speakers - Inspirational speaker Olympian Chris Thorpe.

Olympian Chris Thorpe can be available for inspirational speeches and personal appearances at your next seminar or corporate conference!

There are very few athletes in history who can match the credentials, or longevity of slider Chris Thorpe. Now a veteran of the last four Olympics Games ('02, '98, '94, '92) Chris' trophy case includes both an Olympic Bronze Medal and an Olympic Silver Medal, not to mention a host of World Cup and National Championship hardware gathered over his seventeen year career. In all, Chris has won thrity-one international sliding medals - the most ever by an American. He's also the first American ever to win the World Cup Championship and by the way, his '98 Olympic Silver Medal was the first American Olympic Medal ever in the sport of luge! Chris' list of accomplishments goes on and on, and is full of firsts, bests, and fastests...but the one trophy that has eluded him thus far has been Olympic Gold. That's what motivates him to go on.

olympic athlete chris thorpe "My first love is of the sports itself, the speed, the precision, really the challenge of competing in the most precisely timed sport in the world (luge is timed to .001 seconds). If it weren't for the passion I feel to compete, regardless of the medals, I would have long since retired. I'm just as hungry to win now as I've ever been, in fact ever more so, because now I know I can win gold."

Born in Illinois, Chris' family relocated to Michigan when he was very young and it was there that he entered the sport of luge on natural ice tracks. Quickly showing potential, he was recruited to join the US Luge program in Lake Placid, New York. Seventeen years and two trips to the Olympic Medals podium later, Chris has become one of the sports "best-ever" and has one eye firmly fixed on a fifth trip to the Olympics in 2006. The other eye is now firmly fixed on his new born daughter Skylar (born March 13, 2002). Chris and his family now reside in Gainesville, Florida.

Athletic Accomplishments

2002 Olympics Bronze Medalist with teammate Clay Ives
1998 Olympic Silver Medalist with teammate Gordy Sheer - First ever U.S. Olympic Medal in Luge
Only American in history to medal at the Olympic Games with two different teammates
Four time Olympian: 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002
31 International Medals - US All-time record
Track Record Holder & Start Record Holder - Park City, UT
Finished ninth in 2000-01 World Cup standings
Silver medalist at 2001-2002 Luge World Cup finale with partner Clay Ives
1996-1997 World Cup Overall Champion. First ever win by a non-European sled
Finished 5th in 1994 Olympics. Lillehammer, Norway.
Finished 12th in 1992 Olympics. Albertville, France
World Championship silver medals; 1995, 1996
1994-1995: 10 medals in 11 events. U.S. Record
Set Olympic track record at Nagano, Japan Olympic Games
6 time U.S. National Champion, 1992-95, 1997, 2000
4 time “Athlete of the Year” U.S. Luge Association/ U.S. Olympic Committee

When he's not sliding...

Public Speaking and Promotional Appearances

Chris has performed public speaking engagements/personal appearances for:

Verizon
Kodak
Xerox
Samsung
York International
Delta Airlines
Coca-Cola
General Motors
John Hancock
Jet-Set Sports
All Star Café
Visa, Panasonic
Delta Airlines
US Olympic Committee
Frito-Lay

Verizon “Win at School” Program

Chris is a motivational speaker at school assemblies about his Olympic experiences, the importance and results of goal setting, dedication and staying in school.

Olympian Chris Thorpe can be available for your next seminar or corporate conference! Contact us today to get started.