Patrick Gruber

Patrick Gruber ( born January 31, 1978 in Bruneck ) is an Italian luger from South Tyrol.

Career

The South Tyrolean Patrick Gruber operates since 1991 the sport of luge. Since 1997, the Ehrenburger part of the Italian national squad. His greatest achievement was the sport soldier as a man in the doubles with his partner Christian Upper pride.

At the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Calgary they finished in fifth place and a year later in Oberhof third place. Since 1999/2000 the duo Upper Pride / Gruber is a world leader. This season ended the eighth on a double from in the overall World Cup standings. At the World Championships 2000 in Winterberg both Eighth were. At the World Championships in St. Moritz in the same year Fourth At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City they came only to a 17th place. However, this season has been quite successful. In addition to a sixth place in the overall World Cup standings, the duo in Lake Placid was the first time a World Cup win. The World Championships ended the double and the team in Sigulda in 2003 as a fifth-placed. The season 2003/ 04, both entered into on the third. At the 2004 World Championships in Nagano they came to sixth place in the team, they won bronze. At the European Championships in the same year in Oberhof they even reached the silver medal in doubles and in the team.

Particularly successful was the double of the season 2004/05. They won both the World Cup as well as the overall title in the Challenge Cup. However, the World Championships in Park City they shut only in fourth place, but they were able to win bronze again with the team. The following season, Upper Pride / Gruber again won the Challenge Cup and occupied behind the German duo Leitner / Resch second place. At the European Championships in 2006 in Winterberg, the duo bronze and silver in the team won. The 2006 Winter Olympics in her native Italy they shut with a personally unsatisfactory fifth place.

The season 2006/ 07 was developed in the tip to a duel between upper Pride / Gruber and Leitner / Resch. The Italians started with two wins in the season and won to the World Cup three of the seven races of the season. At the end of the season, they finished second in the World Cup. The World Cup in Igls went for Upper Pride / Gruber measured by its claims and the season so far unsuccessful. They reached only a fifth. In the 2007 /08 season they finished second in the World Cup and Challenge Cup overall standings. At the 2008 European Championships in Cesana Pariol upper Pride / Gruber brought gold and at the World Championships in Oberhof 2008, she occupied the 21th Place. For the second time Gruber won with his partner Oberstolz the Overall World Cup 2008/09. At the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid, they finished fourth.

In the 2009/10 season they reached with a win, two second and two third place finishes in the World Cup, and came in third place. The duo won the Challenge Cup for the third time. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver, Canada they reached the fourth place. In the season 2010/11 he won with his partner Upper pride five times second place in the World Cup and they reached the third place. At the 2011 World Championships in Cesana they reached the silver medal.

Achievements

• Two-seater

• Team / season

• Two-seater