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Height:
1.84m
Weight:
88kg
Birthdate:
June 22, 1964
Hometown:
Innsbruck, Austria
Residence:
Stubeital, Austria
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Currently ranked first in World Cup standings.
Has one gold, one silver and two bronze medals and three other top-10 finishes in 2001-02 World Cup races.
Will be competing in his sixth Olympics -- a luge record -- in Salt Lake City.
Ranked third overall in 2000-01 World Cup standings.
Won bronze at 2001 world championships in Calgary.
Ten-time overall World Cup champion, including string of seven straight years (1987-88, 1989-89, 1990-91-1996-97, 1998-1999).
The most dominant luger in World Cup competition, but has rarely performed as well at the Olympic or world championship level.
Two-time silver medallist at the Olympic Winter Games (1992, 1994), both times losing memorable showdowns with three-time gold medallist Georg Hackl of Germany.
Two-time world champion (1987, 1996); three-time silver medallist and three-time bronze medallist at worlds.
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