Luge gloves, or spikes, worn by luge racer Chris Mazdzer during the 2008 World Cup season
date: label: date made
content: 2008
name: label: user
content: Mazdzer, Chris
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Luge gloves, or spikes, worn by luge racer Chris Mazdzer during the 2008 World Cup season. Mazdzer became the first American to medal in the men’s singles luge event at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang winning the silver medal. Mazdzer has been competing internationally since 2001 but began sledding when he was just a boy. He competes on the World Cup circuit and has competed in two previous Winter Olympic Games finishing 13th in both the Vancouver and Sochi Games. Mazdzer explains that luge is an experience-based sport, taking decades to perfect with only 33 men to ever compete for the USA in the sport. In 2019, Mazdzer began competing in doubles at World Cup events along with his singles duties.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Luge
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0210.03
label: accession number
content: 2018.0210
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0210.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gloves, luge
label: Object Name
content: luge gloves
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic adhesive tape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 4 in x 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm