Martin Rettl
Martin Rettl (born November 25, 1973 in Innsbruck ) is a former Austrian skeleton driver .
Career
The trained air traffic control officer has been involved in skeleton since he was 15 years old. On November 13, 2007, he announced his retirement from active skeleton.
successes
- Olympic games
- Silver medal at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City
- 13th place at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin
- World championships
- World Champion at the World Championships in Calgary 2001
- 15th place at the World Championships in Nagano 2003
- 15th place at the 2004 World Championships in Königssee
- 12th place at the World Cup in Calgary 2005
- European championships
- 5th place 2003
- 6th place 2004
- 5th place 2006
- World cup
- World Cup overall fifth in 2000/01
- Overall third in the 2001/02 World Cup
- World Cup overall fourth in 2002/03
- 2nd place at the World Cup in Park City 2001, 2002
- 2nd place at the World Cup competition in Igls 2001
- 2nd place at the World Cup in Calgary 2001
- 3rd place at the World Cup competition in Igls 2006
- National
- 5-time national champion (2001-2005)
Awards (excerpt)
Web links
- Martin Rettl's website
- Profile on skeletonsport.com ( Memento from October 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ biography on the official website
- ↑ ORF Sport ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
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| SURNAME | Rettl, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian skeleton driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innsbruck , Austria |