Ashley
Farquharson
Ashley Farquharson is a Park City luger who won bronze in women's singles at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the second U.S. Olympic medal in the event and the first since 2014. A two-time Olympian and Park City High School graduate, she leads USA Luge's women on the Fall 2026 National Team.
Who is Ashley Farquharson?
Ashley Farquharson from Park City, Utah competes in women's singles luge for USA Luge. Olympic bronze, women's singles luge, Milano Cortina 2026 (3:31.582); 2025-26 World Cup silver (Lake Placid) and bronze (Park City); Norton National Champion 2023 and 2024
A Park City kid in an after-school program
Farquharson found luge at 11 through the Youth Sports Alliance's after-school program in Park City, KPCW reported, and she now serves as one of the alliance's ambassadors. She graduated from Park City High School and competes with the Wasatch Luge Club, according to KSL. Her brother, Jake, has also been on the U.S. Luge National Team.
She came up through USA Luge's development ranks: Youth Olympic Games team member in the 2015-16 season, three straight Norton Junior National titles from 2017 to 2019, and a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships in Königssee in the 2020-21 season, by her USA Luge profile.
Two Olympics, one medal
At Beijing 2022 she finished 12th in women's singles and seventh in the team relay. Four years later at the Cortina Sliding Centre, she sat fifth going into the final day and finished with bronze on Feb. 10, 2026, in a four-run total of 3:31.582, behind Germany's Julia Taubitz (3:30.625) and Latvia's Elina Bota (3:31.543). USA Luge noted it was the second U.S. Olympic medal in women's singles and the first since Erin Hamlin's bronze in 2014. Read the full profile story.
The World Cup breakthrough
Her first individual World Cup podiums came in December 2025: bronze at the Park City World Cup on Dec. 13 and silver at Lake Placid on Dec. 19, when she ran 1:28.956, 0.132 behind Taubitz. She finished 12th in the 2025-26 overall World Cup standings after racing seven of nine events. She was the Norton National Champion in 2023 and 2024.
The 2026-27 season
USA Luge named her to its Fall 2026 National Team on May 5, 2026, saying she "will lead a contingent of U.S. women". The World Cup season opens Nov. 28-29 in Winterberg, Germany, and the FIL World Championships are in Innsbruck in early February 2027. She is one of the Utah athletes followed on the Utah 2034 Olympics hub.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Olympic bronze medalist, women's singles luge, Milano Cortina 2026 (Feb. 10, 2026, 3:31.582), per USA Luge
- Second U.S. Olympic medal in women's singles luge and the first since 2014, per USA Luge
- Two-time Olympian: 12th in women's singles at Beijing 2022; fifth in the 2026 team relay
- World Cup silver at Lake Placid (Dec. 19, 2025) and bronze at Park City (Dec. 13, 2025)
- Norton National Champion in 2023 and 2024; Norton Junior National Champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019
- U23 World Championships bronze medalist, Königssee, 2020-21 season
- Named to the USA Luge Fall 2026 National Team (May 5, 2026)
Official sources
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- USA Luge: National Teamusaluge.org
- USA Luge: Ashley Farquharson athlete profileusaluge.org
- USA Luge: Bronze for Ashley Farquharson at 2026 Olympic Winter Games (Feb. 10, 2026)usaluge.org
- USA Luge: USA Luge announces Fall 2026 National Team (May 5, 2026)usaluge.org
- USA Luge: Farquharson takes silver, Britcher bronze in Lake Placid (Dec. 19, 2025)usaluge.org
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- USA Luge: Britcher takes gold, Farquharson bronze in Park City (Dec. 13, 2025)usaluge.org
- USA Luge: 2026-27 calendarusaluge.org
- KPCW: Park City's Ashley Farquharson slides to bronze at second Olympics (Feb. 10, 2026)kpcw.org
- KSL: Park City luger Farquharson stuns with bronze (Feb. 10, 2026)ksl.com
- TownLift: Park City's Ashley Farquharson wins bronze in women's luge (Feb. 10, 2026)townlift.com
What each source confirms
- USA Luge: National Team
- Read 2026-10-31: Farquharson listed under 'Women's National Team'; hometown Park City; age 27; 5-9.
- USA Luge: Ashley Farquharson athlete profile
- Read 2026-10-31: Olympics 2022, 2026 bronze medalist; 2022 Beijing 12th singles, 7th team relay; 2026 team relay 5th; World Championships best 6th (Whistler, 2024-25); U23 Worlds bronze Königssee 2020-21; Youth Olympic Games team 2015-16; Norton National Champion 2023, 2024; Norton Junior National Champion 2017, 2018, 2019. Source of the headshot (USA Luge '26-27 headshots' folder, EXIF Aug. 25, 2026, no agency strings).
- USA Luge: Bronze for Ashley Farquharson at 2026 Olympic Winter Games (Feb. 10, 2026)
- Bronze, women's singles, 3:31.582; Taubitz (GER) 3:30.625, Bota (LAT) 3:31.543; second U.S. women's singles Olympic medal, first since Erin Hamlin's 2014 bronze.
- USA Luge: USA Luge announces Fall 2026 National Team (May 5, 2026)
- Farquharson (Park City, Utah) 'will lead a contingent of U.S. women'; 12th in the 2025-26 overall World Cup standings after racing seven of nine events.
- USA Luge: Farquharson takes silver, Britcher bronze in Lake Placid (Dec. 19, 2025)
- Silver in 1:28.956, 0.132 behind Julia Taubitz (1:28.824).
- USA Luge: Britcher takes gold, Farquharson bronze in Park City (Dec. 13, 2025)
- Bronze at the Park City World Cup; the release calls it her first trip to the World Cup podium (her profile lists earlier relay medals, so 'first individual podium' is used here). The release prints two different times for her, so none is used.
- USA Luge: 2026-27 calendar
- Read 2026-10-31: World Cup 1 Winterberg Nov. 28-29, 2026; 54th FIL World Championships Innsbruck Feb. 5-7, 2027.
- KPCW: Park City's Ashley Farquharson slides to bronze at second Olympics (Feb. 10, 2026)
- Started luge at 11 through the Youth Sports Alliance's after-school program; fifth going into the final day.
- KSL: Park City luger Farquharson stuns with bronze (Feb. 10, 2026)
- Park City High School alum; competes with the Wasatch Luge Club.
- TownLift: Park City's Ashley Farquharson wins bronze in women's luge (Feb. 10, 2026)
- Youth Sports Alliance ambassador; brother Jake has also been on the U.S. Luge National Team; both siblings graduated from Park City High.
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