Armin Zöggeler

Armin Zöggeler ( born January 4, 1974 in Meran ) is an Italian luger from South Tyrol. He is a two -time Olympic champion and six -time world champion in the single-seater.

Career

Zöggeler began as a small boy with tobogganing and was 14 years old junior world champion. Although up to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Italy No homologated bobsleigh and luge track was available, he gradually was able to iterate to the top. He was at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and Turin 2006 each Olympic champion in his discipline.

He is (summer games included ) is the only athlete in the world that has won six consecutive Olympic Games in a single discipline a medal, gold ( 2002, 2006 ), silver ( 1998), bronze (1994, 2010, 2014).

In FIL World Luge Championships Zöggeler has won a total of ten medals in the single-seater: six gold medals, three silver and one bronze. For this purpose, one silver and two bronze medals in the team competition coming. World Champion in 1995 he became, in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2011 He is also a three time European champion ( 2004, 2008 and 2014) in the single-seater, in addition he won gold with the team in 1994 and won so far ten times the overall World Cup. 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. he is together with the Austrian luger Markus Prock record holder in the overall World Cup victories.

On November 30, 2013 Zöggeler took the race in Winterberg with a second rank the 100th podium finish of his career, after he had in 1992 been in Sigulda in third place on the podium. On January 26, 2014, he celebrated his 57th in Sigulda World Cup victory in the single-seater.

Honors and Private

2002 Zöggeler was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 2010 he was elected for the eighth time to the South Tyrolean athletes of the year. For his services he was sporting in 2011 for Marshal ( Sergeant ) of the Carabinieri appointed. On the edge of the 2011 World Cup in Cesana Zöggeler was made ​​an honorary citizen of the town.

Zöggeler lives in his hometown of Lana Foiana in Burggrafenamt and has two children.

Merano Winter Olympic Games Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics FIL World Luge Championships 1995 FIL World Luge Championships 1996 FIL World Luge Championships 1997 FIL World Luge Championships 1999 FIL World Luge Championships 2000 FIL World Luge Championships 2001 FIL World Luge Championships 2003 FIL World Luge Championships 2004 FIL World Luge Championships 2005 FIL World Luge Championships 2007 FIL World Luge Championships 2009 FIL World Luge Championships 2011 FIL World Luge Championships 2012 FIL European Luge Championships 2008 Luge World Cup Homologation Lana, South Tyrol List of Olympic medalists in luge Manfred Schmid Wolfgang Scheidel Bernhard Glass Georg Hackl Felix Loch Anton Salvesen Jerzy Wojnar Herbert Thaler Fritz Nachmann Hans Plenk Josef Feistmantl Josef Fendt Karl Brunner (luger) Hans Rinn Wolfram Fiedler Miroslav Zajonc Michael Walter (luger) Arnold Huber Wendel Suckow FIL European Luge Championships Martin Tietze Paul Aste Josef Lenz Leonhard Nagenrauft Harald Ehrig Anton Winkler Andi Langenhan Ernst Haspinger Norbert Huber Markus Kleinheinz
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