Wolfgang Kindl

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Wolfgang Kindl
Wolfgang Kindl in 2017
Personal information
Born (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 36)
Innsbruck, Austria[1]
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportLuge
EventSingles/Doubles
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Igls Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Igls Singles Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Alternberg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Alternberg Doubles Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sigulda Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Königssee Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 St. Moritz Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Igls Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Igls Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sigulda Singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sigulda Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Königssee Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Königssee Singles

Wolfgang Kindl (born 18 April 1988) is an Austrian world champion luger who has competed since 2007.

Competitive career[edit]

At the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, he won silver medals in the men's singles and mixed team events. At the 5 December 2014 men's singles event in Lake Placid, New York, Kindl placed second, behind American Tucker West, with Dominik Fischnaller of Italy coming in third.[2] Kindl finished the 2014-15 Luge World Cup third overall in the men's singles discipline. During the following 2015-16 Luge World Cup season, Kinda finished 2nd in the men's singles category. behind Felix Loch of Germany. In the 2017-17 Luge World Cup campaign Kindl finished third behind respectively, the repeating world champion, Felix Loch, and Roman Repilov of Russia. The next year was Kindl's best Luge World Cup season finish so far as he finished as the champion in men's spring singles event for the 2017–18 and also placed second in the men's singles event standings.[3]

Kindl represented Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, finishing ninth in the men's singles. Kinda reprised representing Austria in the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia and again finished ninth in the men's singles event.[4][5] At the 2018 Winter Olympics staged in PyeongChang, South Korea Kindl represented Austria for the third time and again finished ninth in the men's singles event for the third consecutive time.[6] Kindl at last obtained an Olympic medal when he won silver in the singles event in the 2022 Beijing games. Kindl finished behind only German Johannes Ludwig.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ "Tucker West becomes first U.S. Men's luge World Cup winner since 1997". 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Wolfgang Kindl".
  4. ^ "Men's Singles - Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics - Luge Results".
  5. ^ "Wolfgang KINDL | Olympics.com".
  6. ^ "Winter Olympics Results - Luge - ESPN".

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