Michelle Despain

{{Short description|Argentine-American luge athlete (born 1984)}}

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| name = Michelle Despain

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| full_name = Michelle Despain Hoeger

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 November 1984}}

| birth_place = Rosario, Argentina

| spouse = Chris Hoeger

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| country = Argentina

| sport = Luge

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Michelle Despain Hoeger (born 5 November 1984) is an Argentine-American luge athlete who competed for Argentina in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Her husband is Chris Hoeger.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/michelle-despain-1.html |title=Michelle Despain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203024852/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/michelle-despain-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=3 May 2020}}

Despain, whose mother is from Argentina and father is from Utah, was born in Rosario, Argentina and grew up in Provo, Utah. Despain is a Latter-day Saint.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Despain worked for Isagenix, a consumer products firm in Chandler, Arizona, in the customer service department. Her father is vice president of marketing for the company. She graduated with an associate degree from Utah Valley State College in 2004 and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brigham Young University in 2006.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Despain has been competing in the luge since 2003 at the age of 19. She finished 29th in the women's singles event at the 2005 FIL World Luge Championships in Park City, Utah. She finished 24th of 32 competitors in the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}