Renate Kasslatter
Renate Kasslatter ( born January 15, 1980 in Bolzano ) is a former Italian Naturbahnrodlerin. It was 2008 European silver medalist and won at the 2009 World Championships bronze in the single-seater. In the World Cup, she celebrated two wins and she was able to classify five times in the top five in the overall World Cup. Your best overall result was a second place in the season 2003/2004. Her husband Andrew Castiglioni was also natural track luge.
Career
The first international successes achieved Kasslatter in the Intercontinental. In the 1997/1998 season they finished third overall and in the seasons 2001/2002 and 2002/2003, she won the overall title. In the Junior European Championship 2000 in Obergurgl, she was eighth. End of January 2002 denied Kasslatter in Huttau and Železniki their first World Cup race, which she finished seventh and fifth place. A little later she competed at the 2002 European Championships in Frantschach first time in a title fight in the general class and finished at the same time the Austrian Anna Brown eleventh place.
In winter 2002/2003 is Kasslatter could qualify for any World Cup races within the strong Italian team. She succeeded again only for the first race of the season 2003/2004, which then surprisingly won. This performance confirmed it with two second places in the next two races and with two other top 5 results reached them behind the Russian Ekaterina Lawrentjewa, which celebrated four wins this season, ranking second in the overall World Cup. However, in the 2004 European Championship in Huttau she finished only eighth. In 2004, the South Tyrolean for the first time Italian champion in the single-seater was. This title she won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 three more times. In the season 2004/2005 Kasslatter drove in all World Cup races in the top six and came twice on the podium. She was third in Unterammergau and second at the season finale in Olang, which she finished fourth in the World Cup. At their first World Cup in January 2005 in Laces she achieved fifth place.
In October 2005 Kasslatter brought a daughter into the world. They therefore took in winter 2005/2006 not participate in any competitions. In the season 2006/2007 she returned to the World Cup and celebrated in the fourth race of the season in Obergurgl 's second World Cup victory of her career. She referred the Russian Ekaterina Lawrentjewa at number two, who had previously won eleven World Cup race in a row. With another podium finish in Campill Kasslatter reached third place in the World Cup behind Lawrentjewa and her teammate Renate Gietl. At the 2007 World Championships in Grande Prairie, she was sixth.
In the 2007/2008 season Kasslatter drove only once as a third party in Obergurgl on the podium in the World Cup. The other races she finished each fourth or fifth position and the overall World Cup they finished in fourth place. She celebrated her biggest success in the 2008 European Championship in Olang, where she won the silver medal behind Lawrentjewa. In the World Cup season 2008/2009 Kasslatter had no podium. She scored two fourth, three fifth and a seventh place and thus rank fifth overall. The last peak of her career, she celebrated at the 2009 World Championships in moss pass in eggs, as they behind Renate Gietl and Yekaterina Lawrentjewa won the bronze medal. Then Kasslatter announced to end her career after the World Cup finals. This decision had already decided before the season.
Sporting successes
World Championships
- Laces 2005: 5 seater
- Grande Prairie 2007: 6 seater
- Moos in Passeier 2009: 3 seater
European Championships
- Frantschach 2002: 11 seater
- Huttau 2004: 8 seater
- Olang 2008: 2 seater
European Junior Championships
- Umhausen 2000: 8 seater
World Cup
- 2nd place in the single-seat World Cup in the 2003/2004 season
- 3rd place in the single-seat World Cup in the 2006/2007 season
- 8 podiums, including two victories:
Italian Championships
- Italian champion in single-seaters in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009