Sonja Manzenreiter

Sonja Manzenreiter ( born July 18, 1975 in Innsbruck ) is a former Austrian luger. It pursued the sport of luge since 1983 and was a member of the Austrian national team since 1997. In 2006 she announced her retirement from competitive sport.

Life

Your first major achievements came in 1992 and 1993 when she was junior world champion. At their first Olympic participation in Nagano in 1998, she was ten, four years later in Salt Lake City, she was ranked seventh your best finish at the World Championships was the Team Bronze Medal in 2003 in Sigulda, in the individual event in Nagano in 2004 she reached the fourth Place. In the same year she came at the European Championships in Oberhof 5th place at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 she fell in 3rd round and was eliminated from the competition.

Achievements

• Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998: 10th place
• Olympic 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City: 7th place

• World Championships: 2000 St Moritz: 15th Place
• 2001 Calgary: 9th place
• 2003 in Sigulda: 6th place individual, 3rd place team
• 2004 in Nagano: 4th place
• 2005 in Park City: 6th place individual, 4th place team

• European Championships: 2002 in Altenberg: 7th place
• 2004 in Oberhof: 5th place
• 2006 in Winterberg: 13th Place

• World Cup: Appreciation 1999/ 00: 9th place
• Appreciation 2000/ 01: 7th place
• Appreciation 2002/ 03: 5th Place
• Appreciation 2003/ 04: 4th place
• Appreciation 2004/ 05: 17th Place
• Appreciation 2005/ 06: 5th Place

• Junior World Championships 1992: 1st place
• Junior World Championships 1993: 1st place

Awards

• 2003: Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria