Justin Snith (born December 8, 1991 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2008. He has three Luge World Cup doubles podium finishes.

Snith qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics with Tristan Walker, where he finished 15th. Snith also qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He competed in both the doubles race and the team relay (which made its Olympic début in 2014). He and his teammate Tristan Walker missed the podium in the doubles event by just five-hundredths (0.05) of a second for the best-ever Olympic result by a Canadian sled in the event. They joined Alex Gough and Samuel Edney and had another Olympic fourth-place finish. The team won silver at the 2013 World Championships, following bronze in 2012.

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2022 Olympics

In January 2022, Snith was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

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References

FIL-Luge profile

External links

1991 births

Canadian male lugers

Living people

Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Olympic lugers for Canada

Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Olympic silver medalists for Canada

Olympic medalists in luge

Lugers from Calgary

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