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Michelle Despain Hoeger (born 5 November 1984) is an Argentine- American luge athlete who competed for Argentina in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Her husband is Chris Hoeger. ^[1]

Despain, whose mother is from Argentina and father is from Utah, was born in Rosario, Argentina and grew up in Provo, Utah. Despain is a Latter-day Saint.^{[ citation needed]}

Despain worked for Isagenix, a consumer products firm in Chandler, Arizona, in the customer service department. Her father is vice president of marketing for the company. She graduated with an associate degree from Utah Valley State College in 2004 and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brigham Young University in 2006.^{[ citation needed]}

Despain has been competing in the luge since 2003 at the age of 19. She finished 29th in the women's singles event at the 2005 FIL World Luge Championships in Park City, Utah. She finished 24th of 32 competitors in the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.^{[ citation needed]}

References

• 2006 luge women's singles results
• Deseret Morning News February 1, 2006 article on Despain competing for Argentina in the 2006 Winter Olympics
• FIL-Luge profile
• Isagenix profile
• The-sports.org profile
• Utah Valley University profile
• Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 May 2006)

External links

• Michelle Despain-Hoeger at the International Luge Federation ( archive)
• Michelle Despain-Hoeger at Olympics.com
• Michelle Despain-Hoeger at Olympic.org (archived)
• Michelle Despain at Olympedia

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