Atis Strenga, Chairman of the Olympic Jury in PyeongChang

Calgary (RWH): Atis Strenga of Latvia has been appointed as the chairman of the jury for decisions concerning the luge contest at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang (KOR). He was named in a decision by the Executive Board of the International Luge Federation (FIL) at their spring meeting in the Canadian city of Calgary.

He will be joined on the jury by Stefan Riegel of Germany and Mark Grimmette, currently the Sports’ Program Director for the US Luge Association but also a former Olympic silver (2002) and bronze (1998) medallist with his partner Brian Martin. The FIL’s Technical Director Christian Eigentler (AUT) is joined by Switzerland’s Reto Gilly and host country Korea's Shin Sungsik to form the technical delegates.