-The Olympic Charter
So first and always, ATHLETE. Figure skating was my first sport, then skiing, plus a host of summer sports – crew, kayaking, archery, orienteering, modern pentathlon – but luge was the sport that caught my fancy and kept me captivated for nearly twenty years.
I’ve been an ARTIST for as long as I can remember, but it was the summer after the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer that I realized that creating beauty (in one form or another) was a necessary part of my existence.