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Submission declined on 15 January 2024 by Spinster300 (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by Spinster300 7 months ago. | ![]() |
Comment: This athlete falls into the "too soon" category, wherein they might be properly notable in a few years' time, but at the moment the majority of coverage is simply routine "person is selected for the Olympics" coverage (and not receiving a medal doesn't help either). The national titles are also a plus, but in a (relatively) niche sport like luge that's not quite as much of an "automatic notability" status that other sports might confer on an individual. That being said, if there are multiple significant reliable sources that discuss Kleinheinz outwith the Olympics and her YNC wins, that would also demonstrate GNG. Primefac (talk) 15:31, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
![]() Ellie Kleinheinz in 2023 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. | September 8, 2007
Sport | |
Country | USA |
Sport | Luge |
Event | Singles |
Elizabeth "Ellie" Kleinheinz (born September 8, 2007) is an American luger. She is a two-time Youth National Champion..[1] and represented the United States at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics[2]
Luge Beginnings
editKleinheinz began her luge career at the age of 11 after attending a White Castle Slider Search in Palo Alto, CA put on by USA Luge. She was taught the basics of riding a luge sled, including positioning, steering and stopping. Once these skills were developed, she took several runs down a paved luge course on a wheel-equipped luge sled. After showing promise in the summer program she was invited to Lake Placid, NY, in the winter of 2019 to try luge on ice at the USA Luge training facility at Mt. Van Hovenberg. As one of the top young athletes from the Slide Search groups she was selected for the next year’s development team.
Youth Career
editKleinheinz won her first individual luge medal, gold, at the 2020 Empire State Games in Lake Placid, New York.[3]
She won a second Empire State Games gold medal when she returned to Lake Placid and won in 2022 (2021 was cancelled due to COVID-19).
She won the US Youth B National Championship in 2020.
In November 2022 Kleinheinz was promoted to the U.S. Candidate Team[4][5] and traveled to train and compete in Bludenz, Austria and Sigulda, Latvia. Upon returning to the US, she was one of three women sliders to earn enough qualifying points to travel to South Korea, for the 2023 Asian Continental Cup.[6][7]
She won the US Youth A National Championship in 2023.[8][9][10]
She represented the United States at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in the women's single's luge event[11]
References
edit- ^ Cheng, Cynthia (May 1, 2023). "Luger Ellie Kleinheinz Wins A National Championship". svvoice.com. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
- ^ Relations, Media (February 6, 2020). "U.S. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES TEAM FOR WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES GANGWON 2024". www.usopc.org. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Bensch, Andrew (February 6, 2020). "Ellie Kleinheinz Wins Gold". svvoice.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Caligiore, Sandy (May 5, 2022). "USA Luge announces next gen national team and potential future Olympians". usaluge.org. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Caligiore, Sandy (May 18, 2022). "Spotlight: Ellie Kleinheinz, Fast and Fearless". www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ Hsu, Nathan (December 4, 2022). "Spotlight: Ellie Kleinheinz, Fast and Fearless". amhsnews.org. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ Bagley, Cole (May 10, 2022). "Several Park City sliders named to U.S. Luge Team". townlift.com. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ Sheer, Gordy (March 6, 2023). "KLEINHEINZ, COLBY, MCCARTY AND WINGFIELD WIN NORTON YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES". usaluge.org. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Bryson, Chace (March 1, 2022). "Ice Surprise Ellie Kleinheinz Slides Into Success". sportstarsmag.com. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ Cheng, Cynthia (March 8, 2022). "Kleinheinz Wins Gold Sets Sights on Olympics". svvoice.com. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Staff, Enterprise (January 23, 2024). "Youth Olympic luge under way". www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com. Retrieved January 23, 2024.