Walter Außenendorfer

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Walter Außenendorfer Luge
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday April 18, 1939
place of birth TiersItalyItalyItaly 
size 178 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
National squad since 1959
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1964 Innsbruck Double
Placements in the Luge World Cup
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single seater 1 0 0
 

Walter Aussendorfer (born April 18, 1939 in Tiers ) is an Italian luge athlete who was part of the Italian national team in the 1960s.

Career

Außenendorfer began his winter sports career as an alpine ski racer . At the age of 15 he won his first adult competition, but switched to luge on the advice of his uncle . In 1959 he started at the Luge World Championships for the first time .

The South Tyrolean celebrated his greatest triumph at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 when he and Siegfried Mair won the bronze medal in the two-seater competition. In the single-seater competition, he had previously finished in 16th place.

At the 1965 Luge World Championships , Außenendorfer finished ninth in the singles and fifth in the doubles.

After the end of his active career, Außenendorfer ran the Hotel Krone in his home village of Tiers , where he was also a local councilor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rennrodeln.eu accessed on July 13, 2011