Ashley Walden (née Hayden; born November 5, 1981, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is an American luger who competed from 1998-2011. She won two silver medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships (2004, 2005).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luge | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2004 Nagano | Mixed team |
| 2005 Park City | Mixed team |
Hayden also finished eighth in the women's singles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best result in the Luge World Cup was a third place at Winterberg in 2005. In addition she won ten consecutive US national luge start championships in a row.[1]
In 2006, she married luger Bengt Walden, a naturalized American citizen originally from Sweden. For NBC Sports at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she worked as a researcher for the luge events. She announced her retirement from competition in December 2011.[1] In May 2014 the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced that Walden had been appointed as the federation's director of internal operations.[2]
References
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 3, 2015)
- Information on World champions in luge and skeleton – HickokSports.com at the Wayback Machine (archived August 27, 2013)
- USA Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2007)