| Medal record | ||
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| Luge | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1998 Nagano | Men's doubles |
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2002 Salt Lake City | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
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1995 Lillehammer | Men's doubles |
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1996 Altenberg | Men's doubles |
Christopher Thorpe (born October 29, 1970, in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American luger who competed from 1989 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 2002.
Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 1995 and 1996. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1996–7.
While living in Marquette, Michigan, Thorpe, along with fellow Boy Scout and future World Champion Wendel Suckow,[1] first experienced luge on a small local track that (after being relocated to nearby Negaunee, Michigan) remains the only full-length natural track luge facility in the United States.[2]
Thorpe is a 1988 graduate of Marquette Senior High School.[3]
Thorpe retired from luge after the 2002 Winter Olympics and is a now retired living in Farmington, New Mexico.