![Elsa Desmond](/newimages/sport/person-profiles/performance-athletes-2018/elsa-desmond.x59bf9b4d.png?f=webp)
Elsa Desmond
Luge
Biography
King's Sport Performance Athlete
Sporting achievements:
- 10th place - U23 World Championships 2018/2019
- 30th place - World Championships 2018/2019
- 24th place - European Championships 2018/2019
- 27th Veissmann Oberhof World Cup 2018/19
News
King's medical graduate is Ireland's first ever Olympic luger
Elsa Desmond is representing Ireland in Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
![elsa desmond olympics 780x440](/newimages/folsm/thumbnail-newsevents/elsa-desmond-olympics-780x440.x26a10e50.png?f=webp)
Celebrating Women in Sport
From performance athletes, staff members and our regular gym-goers find out how King's Sport has supported the women in our community.
![thumbnails iwd 21](/newimages/sport/thumbnail-news-and-events/thumbnails-iwd-21.xadebd083.png?f=webp)
Elsa Desmond: Getting to the Olympics by Luge
A blog post by the Luge athlete and King's student about her sporting career, life at King's and her road to the Olympics.
![Elsa Desmond, King's Sport Performance Athlete 2018/19](/newimages/sport/Main-Article-Image/performance-blog/elsa-desmond-performance-blog.x8ab229ca.png?f=webp)
King's Sport accredited by ground breaking dual career scheme
Affirming King’s ambition to ensure students can reach their potential in education alongside achieving success in their sport.
![Dina Asher-Smith (far left) and Imani-Lara Lansiquot (far right) at the European Athletics Championships 2018.](/newimages/sport/Main-Article-Image/performance-blog/tass.xb5ccefd0.png?f=webp)
News
King's medical graduate is Ireland's first ever Olympic luger
Elsa Desmond is representing Ireland in Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
![elsa desmond olympics 780x440](/newimages/folsm/thumbnail-newsevents/elsa-desmond-olympics-780x440.x26a10e50.png?f=webp)
Celebrating Women in Sport
From performance athletes, staff members and our regular gym-goers find out how King's Sport has supported the women in our community.
![thumbnails iwd 21](/newimages/sport/thumbnail-news-and-events/thumbnails-iwd-21.xadebd083.png?f=webp)
Elsa Desmond: Getting to the Olympics by Luge
A blog post by the Luge athlete and King's student about her sporting career, life at King's and her road to the Olympics.
![Elsa Desmond, King's Sport Performance Athlete 2018/19](/newimages/sport/Main-Article-Image/performance-blog/elsa-desmond-performance-blog.x8ab229ca.png?f=webp)
King's Sport accredited by ground breaking dual career scheme
Affirming King’s ambition to ensure students can reach their potential in education alongside achieving success in their sport.
![Dina Asher-Smith (far left) and Imani-Lara Lansiquot (far right) at the European Athletics Championships 2018.](/newimages/sport/Main-Article-Image/performance-blog/tass.xb5ccefd0.png?f=webp)