Medal record | ||
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Natural track luge | ||
Representing Austria | ||
World Championships | ||
1996 Oberperfuss | Women's singles | |
2001 Stein an der Enns | Women's singles |
Sandra Mariner (born 13 May 1974) is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1986. A natural track luger, she won two bronze medals in the women's singles event in 1996 and 2001.
A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the pod. Racing sleds weigh 21–25 kg (46–55 lb) for singles and 25–30 kg (55–66 lb) for doubles. Luge is also the name of an Olympic sport that employs that sled and technique.
Armin Zöggeler OMRI is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale, for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races. Fellow luger Tucker West described Zöggeler as the sport's equivalent of Michael Jordan.
Erich Graber was an Italian luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.
Anton Blasbichler was an Italian luger who has competed since 1989. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds, one silver, and three bronzes.
Robert Batkowski is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won three medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds and one silver.
Patrick Pigneter is an Italian luger who has competed since 2007. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four golds, two silvers, and three bronzes.
Sonja Steinacher is a luger from Verdings/Klausen in South Tyrol who has competed for Italy since 1995. A natural track luger, she won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with four medals in women's singles and a gold in the mixed team event (2003).
Yekaterina Lavrentyeva is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, she won eight medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds (Women's singles, four silvers, and two bronzes.
Raimund Pigneter was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1980 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Passeier, Italy.
Herbert Kögl is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1988. A natural track luger, he won six medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold, one silver (2000), and three bronzes.
Reinhard Beer is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1990. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold, one silver (2000), and two bronzes.
Armin Mair is an Italian luger who competed from 1997 to 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, including two golds, two silvers, and one bronze (2005).
Wolfgang Schopf is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, he won two gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships.
Andreas Schopf is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2000. A natural track luger, he won four medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two golds and two silvers.
Pavel Porzhnev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds, two silvers, and two bronze.
Ivan Lazarev is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.
Florian Clara is an Italian luger who has competed since 2005. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with three golds and two silvers.
Sandra Lanthaler is an Italian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2002 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Frantschach, Austria.
Josef Niedermair was an Italian luger who competed in the early 1970s. A natural track luger, he won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1971 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Vandans, Austria. In 1970, he also won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 4th European Cup in Inzing, Austria.
David Mair is an Italian luger and former skeleton racer. He competed until 2002 as a natural track luger, then until 2007 as a skeleton racer and switched back to natural track luge in 2009.