Martin Nachmann

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Martin Nachmann Luge
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday October 10, 1985
place of birth Tegernsee
job Landscaper
Career
discipline Single seater, double seater
society RC Kreuth
National squad since 2002
status resigned
End of career 2006
Placements in the Natural Track Luge World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 14, 2003
 Overall World Cup ES 23. ( 2004/2005 )
 Overall World Cup DS 14. (2004/2005)
 

Martin Nachmann (born October 10, 1985 in Tegernsee ) is a former German natural track luge . The athlete from the Kreuth toboggan club competed in the World Cup for three years and achieved 20th place in the single-seater and ninth place in the double-seater as the best results. In 2005 he was German champion in doubles with Björn Kierspel . His sister Veronika Nachmann is also a natural track tobogganist and his father Martin Nachmann senior sports manager for natural track tobogganing in the bobsleigh and sledge association for Germany .

Career

Martin Nachmann took part in international junior championships from 2002. He achieved his best result at the 2004 Junior World Championship in Kindberg with 18th place in the single-seater. A year earlier he had participated in a world championship in the general class for the first time in Železniki and was 42nd. The then 18-year-old made his World Cup debut in the first race of the 2003/2004 season in Olang , where he finished 30th. Then he was only used again at the season finale in Aurach , where he reached 21st place and was 39th in the overall World Cup. In the 2004/2005 season , Nachmann competed in all six World Cup races. He drove four times under the fastest 25 and achieved the best result in 20th place in Unterammergau on January 9, 2005. In the overall World Cup he achieved 23rd place. In the first two races of the season he also took part in doubles with Björn Kierspel . They achieved ninth and twelfth places and were 14th in the overall standings. They also became German champions in the two-seater. At the 2005 World Championships in Latsch , Nachmann achieved 33rd place in the single-seater, but with Kierspel in the double-seater only 13th and last place. The Kierspel / Nachmann duo also contested the team competition together with Michaela Maurer and Marcus Grausam , who started in the single-seater, in which the German team finished eighth among ten teams. In his last season, 2005/2006 , Nachmann took part in four out of six World Cup races. His best results were two 24th places in the two Grande Prairie races and he was 32nd in the overall World Cup.

Sporting successes

World championships

Junior World Championships

Junior European Championships

World cup

  • 7 top 25 placements in the single-seater
  • 1 top 10 placement in a two-seater

German championships

  • German champion in two-seater 2005

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