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Article: Boise State University Faculty Member Qualifies for His Second Winter Olympics at Age 52.
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- AScribe Health News Service
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- January 3, 2006
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Byline: Boise State University
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a hazardous sport dominated by athletes in their 20s, 52-year-old Werner Hoeger quickly distinguishes himself from the competition. A professor in the Boise State University Department of Kinesiology, Hoeger will represent his home country of Venezuela in the luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
To ensure his place in the 2006 Games, Hoeger successfully completed four qualifying runs, each at or under the Olympic time mark. Currently ranked 51st in the world among male luge racers, he will take part in the men's singles luge competition Feb.11-12 at the ...