Courtney Zablocki (born January 28, 1981) is an American luger who competed on the World Cup luge circuit from 1997 to 2010 and competed in eight World Championships. Competing in two

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, she earned her best finish of fourth place in the women's singles event at

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in 2006, missing a medal placement by only .392 of a second. Zablocki's best finish at the

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was ninth in the women's singles event at

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. Born in

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, she resided in

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. Before joining the

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after the 2006 Winter Olympics, Zablocki worked in the gardening department for

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from 2004 to the summer of 2006. Zablocki underwent surgery on both of her hands during the week of 13 April 2009 to relieve pain and the surgery was successful. She announced her retirement from luge on 9 August 2010, but still has intentions of wanting to remain in US Luge in some capacity. Zablocki married on June 30, 2009, and took her husband's name, Landin. Landin now resides in Stockholm, Sweden and owns two businesses, www.livinghealthyhappy.com and www.happysleepingbaby.com. Landin has authored her first book about pregnancy training, Gravidstyrka. She has since written two books since titled, Happy Sleeping Baby ~ Your guide for sleep success, and Mammastyrka, a training book for after pregnancy. All books can be found on her web pages www.LivingHealthyHappy.com and HappySleepingBaby.com. Landin has also created an online pregnancy training course, Gravidstyrka Certification, to help other professionals learn how to assist women during and after their pregnancies.

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* 1981 births Living people American female lugers American female track and field athletes United States Army soldiers Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for the United States Female United States Army personnel Sportspeople from Hinsdale, Illinois Sportspeople from Colorado People from Highlands Ranch, Colorado Sportspeople from Douglas County, Colorado Sportspeople from Stockholm 21st-century American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-luge-bio-stub