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Zach Lund
- Finished fifth at the 2005 World Championships
- 2005 U.S. National champion
- Two-time America’s Cup champion (2002, 2004)
- Finished in the top-3 in four races during the 2006 World Cup season winning two silvers and two bronzes
- Scored a fourth place finish on the 2006 Olympic track during the 2005 World Cup season becoming the highest U.S. finisher
- Slid into the top-10 in every World Cup race during the 2005 World Cup season winning a bronze medal at the last World Cup race of the season
- "It's really hard to be competitive mentally," says Lund to KSL.com. "A lot of people can push fast but they can't steer the track. I can't push very fast but I can steer the track better than anyone."
- Keeping a promise to his mother he made 15 years ago after she passed away fro a two year battle with skin cancer – his promise to her was to always follow his dreams
- Works in the tool rental department at The Home Depot in Salt Lake City
- Wants to become a professional airline pilot
A true winter athlete, Lund has competed in many different winter sports. Growing up on the slopes where his parents worked, Lund became very apt in his skiing ability but his skiing career was cut short due to a bad back. With the help of his father, he switched over to his first sliding sport where he was dubbed the speed demon. Still wanting to push the limits on speed, Lund again switched sports. This time it was to the head first sliding sport of skeleton that reached speeds close to 90 mph. He found his niche sliding into medal finishes since the final World Cup event in 2005. "Zach seems to be stuck in the bronze medal groove now and another great result for him," said U.S. Coach Tim Nardiello after the World Cup in Austria to U.S. Skeleton. "He continues to improve each race as well."
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On being suspended for a month during the 2006 season for using an anti-balding drug: ''I have learned my lesson," Lund said to The Boston Globe. ''If this was God's way of telling me that he wants me to go bald, I got the message.”
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Height: 6’ 0”
Born: 22-March-1979
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Resides: Salt Lake City, Utah
Sport: Skeleton
Event: Singles
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