Thomas Steu
Thomas Steu 
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| birthday | 9th February 1994 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Bludenz , Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 182 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| job | Army athlete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Two-seater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | Sparkasse Bludenz toboggan club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National squad | since 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: January 20, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas CON (* 9. February 1994 in Bludenz ) is an Austrian luger .
Career
As a 10-year-old, Thomas Steu started on the toboggan run in his birthplace Bludenz for the first time. At 14 he was accepted into the junior national team. After Sporthauptschule Nüziders STEU switched to Sportgymnasium to Dornbirn .
Youth Olympic Winter Games 2012
He started in January 2012 at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in a two-seater with the Tyrolean Lorenz Koller and finished sixth.
At the 2014 Junior Luge World Championships in Igls , he became the junior double world champion in the doubles and team competition. In the summer of 2014 he was accepted into the national team and since April 2016 he has been training at the Dornbirn Army Training Center.
He finished sixth at the 2016 Luge World Championships and fourth in the two-seater sprint in 2017 . In 2017 he was also U23 world champion and vice-European champion in doubles with Lorenz Koller.
Olympic Winter Games 2018
Thomas Steu started at the 2018 Winter Olympics and finished fourth with Lorenz Koller on February 14 in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang .
On November 24, 2018, Steu and Koller celebrated their first World Cup victory in Igls .
At the European Championships of Artificial Track Luge in Lillehammer , Thomas Steu and his partner Lorenz Koller won the silver medal in January 2020. A week later he broke his tibia and fibula while training at the end of the month.
successes
World Cup victories
Double
| No. | date | place | train |
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| 1. | Nov 24, 2018 |
innsbruck
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Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
| 2. | Nov 25, 2018 |
Innsbruck (sprint)
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Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
| 3. | Jan. 2, 2019 |
 Winterberg
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Winterberg bobsleigh run |
| 4th | Jan. 11, 2020 |
Winterberg
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Winterberg bobsleigh run |
Web links
- Thomas Steu on the website of the International Luge Federation (FIL)
- Thomas Steu on the website of the Austrian Toboggan Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toboggan runner Thomas Steu was crowned junior double world champion in Igls (February 3, 2014)
- ↑ About Thomas Steu - Career & Profile (Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg)
- ↑ First World Cup victory for Steu / Koller in Igls on laola1.at on November 24, 2018, accessed on November 25, 2018
- ↑ Steu and Koller confirmed top form with silver tobogganing championships (January 18, 2020)
- ↑ Broken leg ends the Steu / Koller season (January 24, 2020)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Control, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian luge rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bludenz |