Griffall & Joye
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 | Preston Griffall Front Driver DOB: June 6, 1984 Height / Weight: 5'10", 155 lbs. (1 meter, 77; 70 kg) Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Resides in Salt Lake City, Utah |  | Dan Joye Back Driver DOB: Feb. 19, 1985 Height / Weight: 5'7", 154 lbs. (1 meter, 67; 69 kg) Born in San Tome, Venezuela Resides in Carmel, N.Y. | Personal /Career Info: Best-Ever Results - Finished eighth at the 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
- Two-time overall Junior World Cup Doubles Champions (2002 & 2003)
- 2003 Junior World Championship team event gold medalists, 2001 silver medalists
- Two-time consecutive Junior World Champions (2002 & 2003)
- 2002 Verizon U.S. Junior National Champions
- 2002-03 Verizon U.S. National Champions
2006-07 Results - 2006-07 World Cup results: 7th, 7th, 15th, 15th, 15th, 11th, 16th, DNR, DNR
- Finished 13th in the final 2007 overall World Cup rankings
- Finished 17th at the 2007 World Luge Championships
- DNR at the 2007 Verizon U.S. Naitonal Championships
- 2006 JetBlue Airways U.S. national start championship bronze medalists
Fun Facts - Preston's favorite quote is "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions, small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can be great." --Mark Twain
- Preston's favorite food is sushi
- Preston's favorite television show is "O.C."
- Dan's favorite music group is Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
- Dan wants to go into computer programming following his luge career
- Dan's earliest childhood memory is getting a horse for his sixth birthday
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