{{Short description|British-American luger (1984–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = 2018-11-22 Rennrodel-Weltcup Innsbruck-Igls StP 5372 LR10 by Stepro.jpg | caption = Rosen in 2018 | headercolor = lightsteelblue | full_name = Adam Joseph Rosen | nickname = AJ | national_team = Great Britain | citizenship = American and British | birth_date = {{birth date|1984|4|12}} | birth_place = New Rochelle, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2021|12|19|1984|4|12}}}} | death_place = | height = 6 ft 2 in | weight = 176 lb | website = | country = Great Britain | sport = Luge }}
'''Adam Joseph Rosen''' (April 12, 1984 – December 19, 2021), often known as '''AJ Rosen''', was an American-British Olympic luger who debuted in 2003.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/athletes-to-watch-at-the-winter-olympics/ |title=Athletes To Watch At The Winter Olympics<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=Jewish Week |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022135324/http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/athletes-to-watch-at-the-winter-olympics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== A native and resident of New Rochelle, New York, Rosen was Jewish.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/on-the-right-track/ |title=On The Right Track<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=Jewish Week |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117195457/https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/on-the-right-track/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jewishexponent.com/2018/02/14/jews-represent-py.eongchang-olympics/ |title=Jews Represent at PyeongChang Olympics<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=Jewish Exponent}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 /> His mother, Gay, is from the United Kingdom.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /> He was named after his grandfather, who served aboard {{HMS|Sussex|96|6}} for the Royal Navy during World War II.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news |url=http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-new-rochelles-adam-rosen/443907/ |title=Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Adam Rosen |work=New Rochelle Daily Voice |date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165306/http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-new-rochelles-adam-rosen/443907/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from New Rochelle High School in 2002, after playing football for the school team for one season.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
Rosen was involved with the New York State Civil Air Patrol, having earned a Cadet Senior Master Sergeant rank in 2001.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> He was also a part-time music entrepreneur.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fil-luge.org/en/athletes/adam-rosen |title=Adam Rosen<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=fil-luge.org |access-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030541/http://www.fil-luge.org/en/athletes/adam-rosen |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a dual U.S.-British citizen.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> His younger brother Brett plays baseball for the Great Britain national baseball team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/athletics/spring11/0630.html |title=Mule Sports Daily - June 30, 2011 |publisher=Muhlenberg College |access-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081105/https://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/athletics/spring11/0630.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He died from cancer on December 19, 2021, at the age of 37.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109695 |title=AJ Rosen |work=Olympedia |access-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127222658/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109695 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=AJ Rosen: British Olympic luge athlete dies, aged 37 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/59724844 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=December 20, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221011044/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/59724844 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== Rosen became attracted to luge while watching the 1994 Winter Olympics on television in his New Rochelle home when he was nine years old.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He trained with the Canadian luge team.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
He finished 16th in the men's singles event at both the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, out of 36 competitors, and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, out of 38 competitors.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles.html |title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Rosen did not qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics, so luge did not receive UK Sport funding for the 2018 Olympic cycle. He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics, along with Rupert Staudinger, where with inferior equipment he finished 22nd.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42968003 |title=Winter Olympics: David Gleirscher claims Austria's first luge gold in 50 years after Felix Loch error |publisher=BBC |date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212020227/http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42968003 |url-status=live }}</ref>
His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 24th in the men's singles event at Igls in 2007.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> He had the best-ever result for a British luger when he finished in sixth place at the Viessman Luge World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, during the 2008–09 World Cup season.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated3 /> He returned to competing after a 2009 accident in which he dislocated his hip and damaged his nerves.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
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==External links== {{commons category|Adam Rosen}} * {{FIL|adam-rosen|archive=20181026014634}} * {{Team GB|0dC7JozNGgj6NNX1ytAs2}} * {{Olympics.com|adam-rosen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Instagram}}
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