Markus Schiegl

Markus Schiegl
nation	Austria
birthday	June 7th 1975
place of birth	Kufstein
size	177 cm
Weight	72 kg
job	Police officer
Career
discipline	Two-seater
society	SV Langkampfen
National squad	since 1992
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
World Cup medals 5 × 3 × 3 × EM medals 0 × 0 × 7 ×
Luge World Championships bronze 1995 Lillehammer Two-seater gold 1996 Altenberg Two-seater gold 1996 Altenberg team gold 1997 Igls Two-seater gold 1997 Igls team silver 1999 Königssee Two-seater gold 1999 Königssee team bronze 2001 Calgary Two-seater silver 2003 Sigulda Two-seater silver 2007 Igls Two-seater bronze 2008 Oberhof Two-seater  European Luge Championships bronze 1994 Königssee Two-seater bronze 1998 Oberhof Two-seater bronze 1998 Oberhof team bronze 2000 Winterberg Two-seater bronze 2000 Winterberg team bronze 2002 Altenberg team bronze 2010 Sigulda Two-seater
Placements in the Luge World Cup
Debut in the World Cup 1993  World Cup victories 5  Overall World Cup DS 2. ( 1993/94 , 1998/99 )  Challenge Cup DS 3rd ( 2008/09 )

Markus Schiegl (born June 7, 1975 in Kufstein ) is a former Austrian luge athlete .

Career

At the age of five he began his career as a luge athlete, first in a single-seater and on the natural track and then from 1985 on the artificial track, from 1989 he rode in a double-seater on the artificial track with his cousin Tobias Schiegl . In 1993 Markus Schiegl graduated from high school . In the same year he started with his cousin in the Luge World Cup .

Already in their first season 1993/94 they reached the second place in the overall World Cup ranking of the doubles. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , both ended up in 10th place in the doubles ranking. In the same year they achieved the bronze medal at the European Luge Championships at Königssee . At the 1995 World Luge Championships in Lillehammer, both won the bronze medal with the team. At the World Championships the following year, both won the world championship title for the first time in a doubles seat. They also won gold in the team competition. In the 1996/97 season , the duo reached third place in the overall World Cup ranking. At the following Luge World Championships in 1997 in Igls , both won the gold medal again in doubles and in the team competition. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Schiegl and his cousin just barely missed the medal ranks with a fourth place.

At the 1999 World Luge Championships held at Königssee in the following year , both of them had to admit defeat to the German Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch and won the silver medal behind them. However, they won gold again in the team competition. At the European Luge Championships in Winterberg in 2000 , the Schiegls did not get beyond the bronze medal again. Also at the 2001 Luge World Championships in Calgary they had to settle for a two-seater bronze for the first time since 1995.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , the duo reached sixth place in the doubles. At the European Luge Championships in Altenberg that same year , both won bronze again. A year later at the World Championships in Sigulda , their compatriots Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger achieved silver. The 2003/04 World Cup season both ended in sixth place in the overall World Cup standings. At the 2004 Luge World Championships in Nagano , both of them missed the medal ranks with 4th place. The Austrian team also did not get past fourth place in the team competition. The duo also achieved fourth place at the 2004 European Luge Championships in Oberhof . In the following season, both started in the Luge Challenge Cup for the first time in addition to the World Cup . There they reached sixth place in the overall ranking of the 2004/05 season . In the World Cup, both were in fifth place overall.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , the duo was able to improve again, but, as in 1998, only narrowly missed the medal ranks with fourth place. In the following year, both managed to win the silver medal at the Luge World Championships . In 2008 it was only enough for bronze. In the Challenge Cup season 2008/09 both reached third place overall. In the World Cup it was only enough for seventh place.

At their last Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 , the duo reached eighth place again. Shortly after the games, they both won bronze again at the 2010 European Luge Championships in Sigulda. In October 2010 Schiegl ended his active luge career together with his cousin.

Markus Schiegl and his cousin won the Austrian state championship a total of 14 times. Schiegl is a police officer by profession. Today he lives in Langkampfen .

successes

World Cup victories

Single seater	Team relay
No. date place train 1. Jan. 30, 1994  Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run 2. Jan 28, 1998  Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run 6th Dec 13, 2001  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 6th Jan. 26, 2003  innsbruck Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh 5. Jan. 21, 2007  Altenberg Altenberg racing sled and bobsled run	No. date place train 1. 0Dec 9, 2007  Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh run

Web links

• Markus Schiegl in the database of the International Luge Federation
• Markus Schiegl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website by Markus and Tobias Schiegl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias and Markus Schiegl end their careers . sport.orf.at. October 1, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2010.