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Robert Pipkins, the youngest athlete and first African-American to represent the United States in the luge, became the first American to win a major international event when he won the 1992 Junior World Championships in Sapporo, Japan.
He went on to represent the United States in two Winter Olympics, finishing 21st at the 1992 Games in Albertville, France, and 16th at the 1996 Games in Lillehammer, Norway.