Simon Kainzwaldner
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 24 February 1994 Bolzano, Italy |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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| Country | Italy |
| Sport | Luge |
| Event | Doubles |
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Simon Kainzwaldner (born 24 February 1994) is an Italian Olympic luge athlete who currently races for his nation on the World Cup circuit in the Men's doubles event as a pair with Emanuel Rieder.
Life and career
At the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria representing Italy in the Boy's singles and doubles luge events as well as the mixed team relay event. Kainzwaldner finished with the gold in tandem with his racing partner Florian Gruber in the doubles, 10th the boys singles, and with his teammates Andrea Voetter, Daniel Gatterer, and Florian Gruber, fifth in the mixed relay competition.[1] kainzwaldner and Gruber have remained a doubles pair in international luge competition ever since their appearance in the Boys division and finishe din tenth place in the 2014–15 Luge World Cup standings including a fifth place showing in the opening race at Innsbruck.[2]
References
- ^ "Athletes". pyeongchang2018.coni.it.
- ^ "FIL Luge World Cup – Innsbruck-Igls 2014". 3 December 2014.
External links
Youth Olympic champions in Luge – boys' / mixed doubles | |
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