Sonja Manzenreiter

Sonja Manzenreiter (born July 18, 1975 in Innsbruck ) is a former Austrian luge athlete . She has been sledding since 1983 and has been a member of the Austrian national team since 1997. In 2006 she announced her retirement from competitive sports.

Life

She celebrated her first major successes in 1992 and 1993 when she became junior world champion. In her first Olympic participation in 1998 in Nagano she was tenth, four years later in Salt Lake City she finished seventh. Her best place at world championships was the bronze medal with the team in Sigulda in 2003 , in the individual competition she reached fourth in 2004 in Nagano. Space. In the same year she came in 5th place at the European Championships in Oberhof . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she crashed in the 3rd run and was eliminated from the competition.

successes

• 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano : 10th place
• 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City : 7th place

• World Championships:
  • 2000 in St. Moritz : 15th place
  • 2001 in Calgary : 9th place
  • 2003 in Sigulda : 6th place individual, 3rd place team
  • 2004 in Nagano : 4th place
  • 2005 in Park City : 6th place individual, 4th place team

• European Championships:
  • 2002 in Altenberg : 7th place
  • 2004 in Oberhof : 5th place
  • 2006 in Winterberg : 13th place

• World Cup:
  • Overall ranking 1999/00: 9th place
  • Overall ranking 2000/01: 7th place
  • Overall ranking 2002/03: 5th place
  • Overall ranking 2003/04: 4th place
  • Overall ranking 2004/05: 17th place
  • Overall ranking 2005/06: 5th place

• Junior World Championships 1992: 1st place
• Junior World Championships 1993: 1st place

Awards

• 2003: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria

Web links

Sonja Manzenreiter on the homepage of the Austrian Toboggan Association