George Tucker (luger)

George Tucker (luger)

George Franklin Tucker (born December 15, 1947 in San Juan, Puerto Rico [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/george-tucker-1.html "George Tucker"] , Sports References] ) is a Puerto Rican physicist and former Olympic luger. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966821-1,00.html "The Jests of the Rest"] , "Time", February 29, 1988]

He represented Puerto Rico in the luge event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, and was the only Puerto Rican representative at the Games [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/winter/1984/ "Puerto Rico at the 1984 Calgary Winter Games"] , Sports References] . He was also the country's flagbearer. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921573-2,00.html Time magazine] ] Tucker was, at the time, a doctoral student at Wesleyan University in the United States. He was later described by "Sports Illustrated" as "overweight but quick-witted" and as "the press's favorite loser". He finished last in his event, and reportedly "got a lot more press in the States than Paul Hildgartner, the Italian who won the gold medal". [ [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066996/index.htm "Losers Of Renown"] , "Sports Illustrated", January 27, 1988] He described himself as "the luger who dripped blood", and "Time" reported that he "shed alarming amounts of skin bouncing off the wall". [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966821-1,00.html "The Jests of the Rest"] , "Time", February 29, 1988]

Tucker represented Puerto Rico again at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/george-tucker-1.html "George Tucker"] , Sports References] , but was, this time, one of nine Puerto Rican competitors. [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/winter/1988/ "Puerto Rico at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games"] , Sports References] Tucker competed in the luge with team mate Raul Muniz. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6D6163CF93BA25752C0A96E948260 "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS; Being There"] , "New York Times", January 18, 1988]

According to Puerto Rican bobsled coach Rich Kolko, Tucker in 1984 "set the standard for Caribbean nations competing" in Winter sports - such as the Jamaican bobsled team. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1338F930A35751C0A964958260 "OLYMPICS: Five days to Albertville; Sledding Controversy Leads to Compensation"] , "New York Times", February 3, 1992]

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