Christian Weise (luge)

Christian Weise (born January 17, 1987 ) is a former German luge rider .

Life

Christian Weise lives in Oberwiesenthal and started for the WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal . The sports soldier competes in a two-seater with Ronny Pietrasik . In 2005 they finished second at the Junior World Championships in Winterberg . They repeated this success a year later at the Junior World Championships in Altenberg. They achieved the same placement at the German junior championships in 2006. In Winterberg they won a junior world cup race and came second overall. In the 2006/07 season they were first in the overall standings, but this time they missed a medal in fourth place. In Königssee they won a World Cup race. They finished sixth in the German men's championship, and were again runner-up in the juniors.

Pietrasik / Weise have been competing in the men's area since the 2007/08 season. At the German championships they missed a medal in fourth place. In January 2009 they made their debut in the Luge World Cup in Königssee . They reached 15th place and did worse than their direct competitors Toni Eggert and Marcel Oster , which is why this double was nominated again for the World Cup. In 2016 he retired from active professional sports.

successes

World Cup victories

Team relay

No.	date	place	train
1.	Dec 10, 2011	Whistler	Whistler Sliding Center

Web links

• Christian Weise ( luge rider) in the database of the International Luge Federation