Alexander Resch

Alexander Resch (born April 5, 1979 in Berchtesgaden ) is a former German luge athlete.

Together with his partner Patric Leitner he became world champion in the doubles in 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2007. In 1999, 2003 and 2007 both became German champions.

The highlight of his career was winning the gold medal in doubles at the Olympics in Salt Lake City .

For winning the gold medal, he and his partner received the silver bay leaf on May 6, 2002.

At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , the favored double, however, only finished sixth. Four years later they won bronze at the Olympic Games in Vancouver with an excellent second run in the last race of their career, after only finishing fifth in the first run.

successes

Overall World Cup

season	space	Points
1998/99	03.	0446
1999/2000	01.	0585
2000/01	03.	0520
2001/02	01.	0505
2002/03	02.	0536
2003/04	01.	0628
2004/05	02.	0570
2005/06	01.	0611
2006/07	01.	0786
2007/08	01.	0655
2008/09	02.	0629
2009/10	01.	0592

World Cup victories

Two-seater

Team relay

No. date place train 1. 0Feb 5, 1999  St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina 2. Feb 13, 1999  Nagano Bobsleigh track in Asakawa 3. Nov 13, 1999  Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and sled run 4th Nov 27, 1999  Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run 5. Dec 11, 1999  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 6th Jan. 29, 2000  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 7th Jan. 12, 2000  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 8th. Dec 10, 2000  La Plagne La Plagne bobsleigh and sled run 9. Jan. 13, 2001  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 10. Feb 11, 2001  Park City Park City bobsleigh 11. 0Dec 9, 2001  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 12. 0Dec 8, 2001  Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee 13. Jan. 26, 2002  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 14th Nov 29, 2002  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 15th Jan. 19, 2003  Lillehammer Hunderfossen bobsleigh and sled run 16. 0Feb 8, 2003  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 17th Jan. 24, 2004  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 18th Jan. 31, 2004  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 19th 0Jan. 5, 2005  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 20th Jan 15, 2005  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 21st Nov 19, 2005  Cesana Cesana Pariol 22nd Dec 16, 2005  Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid 23. 0Jan. 6, 2006  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 24. Dec 16, 2006  Nagano Bobsleigh track in Asakawa 25th 0Jan. 7, 2007  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 26th Feb 10, 2007  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 27. Nov 24, 2007  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 28. Dec 15, 2007  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 29 0Jan. 5, 2008  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 30th 0Feb 2, 2008  Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run 31. 0Jan. 4, 2009  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 32. Nov 20, 2009  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 33. Nov 28, 2009  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh

No. date place train 1. Nov 16, 2003  Sigulda Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track 2. 0Dec 7, 2003  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 3. Jan. 21, 2004  Lake Placid Olympic bobsleigh track Lake Placid 4th 0Jan. 7, 2006  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 5. Dec 17, 2006  Nagano Bobsleigh track in Asakawa 6th 0Jan. 7, 2007  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 7th Jan. 11, 2007  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 8th. 0Jan. 6, 2008  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink 9. Dec 14, 2008  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run 10. Jan. 17, 2010  Oberhof Oberhof luge track

Web links

• Alexander Resch in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press report of the Federal President's Office of May 6, 2002 on the occasion of the awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 2002 Winter Olympics .... www.bundespräsident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Speeches / Greetings