Janine Flock

Janine Flock ( born July 25, 1989 in Hall in Tyrol ) is an Austrian skeleton pilot.

Life

Flock began in 2004 with the skeleton sport and belongs since 2006 to the national squad. The Rumerin is coached by Roland Hochfilzer and starts for the BSC Stubai.

At the Junior World Championships in 2006, she finished in 22nd place. In November of that year she made her debut in the European Cup skeleton. In Igls she was 16 The following year, she made her international breakthrough with several top - ten finishes in the European Cup. Best result was second place behind Elena Yudina at the second race of the season 2007/2008 in Winterberg. In the overall standings of the competition, she was fifth. At the Junior World Championships 2008 in Igls, she took the 14th place in their first Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg 22 During the 2008 /2009 season, Flock launched in Skeleton Intercontinental, without reaching, however, often significant placements. In Intercontinental 2009/2010 it reached in Park City as a sixth- place finisher for the first time a top ten result. To kick off the World Cup 2010/2011 Flock debuted in Whistler in the Skeleton World Cup and became the 13th in their third World Cup race in Park City, she was eighth.

From 2007 to 2013, Flock won each of the Austrian Championships. 2006, 2007 and 2008, she was Tyrol Champion. The Skeleton Championship 2014 in Koenigssee Flock was European champion. With the Austrian team, she participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia).