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Armin Zöggeler (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of
the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il
Cannibale ("The Cannibal"), for his notable series of
victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold,
rational approach to the races.
Zöggeler was born in Meran, Italy. A Carabiniere by profession, he began to luge
at a very young age, over natural tracks. He won the junior World
Cup when he was 14, and made his debut with the Italian national
team at the age of 19. Despite a lack of tracks in Italy until the
construction of the Cesana Pariol track for the 2006
Winter Olympics, he evolved into one of the most effective
lugers ever.
Zöggeler is the only Italian to have won at least a medal in
four consecutive editions of Olympic Games (Summer Olympics
included) with medals in the men's singles event that include two
golds (2002, 2006), one silver (1998), and one bronze (1994). He also has fourteen medals
at the FIL World Luge
Championships, including five golds (Men's singles: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005), five silvers
(Men's singles: 2000, 2007, 2009; Mixed team:
1995, 2007), and four bronzes (Mixed team: 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005).
At the FIL European Luge
Championships, Zöggeler has earned eleven medals. This includes
three golds (Men's singles: 2004, 2008 , Mixed team:
1994), three
silvers (Men's singles: 2006, Mixed team:
2004, 2006), and five bronzes (Men's singles: 1994, 2000, 2002; Mixed team:
2000, 2008).
He won the overall Luge World Cup in
men's singles eight times (1997-8, 1999-2000, 2000-1, 2003-4,
2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8, 2008-9).
Zöggeler's 42 individual wins in the World Cup (as of January
2009), he is first of all time, beating the previous record of 33
wins by both German Georg Hackl and Austrian Markus Prock.
Zöggeler lives in the town of Lana, in the province of Bolzano-Bozen. He
has two children, Nina and Thomas, and married their mother on May
12, 2007.
References
| European champions in mixed
team relay luge. |
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| Six per team |
1988: West Germany ( Georg Hackl, Johannes
Schettel, Kerstin Langkopf, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab &
Wolfgang
Staudinger) ·
1990: East Germany ( Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen
Pietzsch) ·
1992: Germany ( Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Yves Mankel & Thomas Rudolph) ·
1994: Italy ( Armin
Zöggeler, Norbert Huber, Gerda
Weissensteiner, Natalie Obkircher, Kurt Brugger & Wilfried
Huber) ·
1996: Germany - Jens Müller, Georg Hackl, Jana Bode, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt ·
1998: Germany ( Jens Müller, Karsten Albert,
Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse
& Jan
Behrendt) |
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| Four per team |
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| Four per team as relay |
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