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Chris Mazdzer
High Performance
Team Building
Dealing With Pressure
Chris Mazdzer delivers peak performance and resilience keynotes for corporate and conference audiences. He draws on his 2018 Olympic silver medal, four Winter Olympic Games appearances, and ten World Cup medals in luge to show teams how to perform under pressure and adapt to change.
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Sports Leadership
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ADHD Awareness
Chris Mazdzer is a four-time Olympian and the first American athlete to win a medal in the Men's Single Luge event, taking silver at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang. He started luge at age 8 near Lake Placid, New York, and went on to become a 10-time World Cup medalist and 7-time National Champion.
Chris's 2018 win made him one of the breakout stars of the US Winter Olympic Team, known for combining elite performance with an approachable, high-energy personality. He competed in his fourth Olympic Games in 2022 and sits on the executive board of the Federation of International Luge. He also holds a degree in business administration and finance.
In his keynotes, Chris translates the split-second decision-making required in a sport timed to the thousandth of a second into lessons on performing under pressure. Audiences leave with practical approaches to managing change, building teamwork within individual roles, and setting long-term goals with purpose.
Chris's story shows how preparation and composure under pressure separate the podium from the pack, whatever the field.
Topics, sessions and talks
Chris Mazdzer competes in luge, where speeds exceed 90 miles per hour, and outcomes are decided by the thousandth of a second. In this high-energy presentation, complete with training and crash footage, he gives audiences a rare look inside his sport and the decision-making it demands. He breaks down how peak performance under pressure works in practice, covering teamwork within an individual sport, managing unexpected setbacks, and setting long-term goals with purpose. Chris connects these lessons directly to the moments that separate success from the rest of the pack.
Chris Mazdzer spent over a decade on the margins of the podium before claiming Olympic silver at PyeongChang. In this session, he unpacks what it takes to stay in the game when results don't reflect effort. He explores the mental frameworks that keep elite athletes moving forward through injury, setbacks, and self-doubt. Audiences leave with practical tools for reframing failure, building emotional resilience, and sustaining long-term commitment when the path gets hard.
Luge is one of sport's most solitary disciplines, yet no Olympic medal is won alone. Chris Mazdzer draws on his four Olympic campaigns to reveal the invisible team of coaches, training partners, support staff, and family whose collective effort underpins individual excellence. This session explores how to build high-trust relationships, communicate under pressure, and leverage the strengths of those around you to elevate your own performance and drive shared success in any organisation.
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Chris Mazdzer uses training and crash footage from his luge career as a visual anchor throughout his presentations, grounding performance and decision-making lessons in direct, on-track evidence.
Chris Mazdzer speaks on peak performance under pressure, resilience and the comeback mindset, and the teamwork that underpins individual excellence. He is the first American man to win an Olympic medal in men's single luge, having taken silver at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang across a four-time Olympic career that includes ten World Cup medals and seven national titles.
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