Oswald Haselrieder
Oswald Haselrieder OMRI (born 22 August 1971 in Völs am Schlern, South Tyrol) is an Italian luger of Austrian descent who competed internationally from 1988 to 2010. He achieved success at junior level, taking two bronze medals in singles and a gold in doubles at the World Junior Championships, the latter achieved in partnership with Dietmar Pierhofer. Haselrider and Pierhofer continued to compete together until 1995, when they split up and Haselrieder joined forces with Gerhard Plankensteiner. Haselrieder went on to win the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin after competing in three previous Winter Olympic Games: in 1992 in the singles event and in doubles in 1998 and 2002. He went on to compete in a fifth Olympics in 2010: he retired soon afterwards after sustaining an injury in training in March of that year.[1]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's luge | ||
Representing  Italy | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2006 Turin | Men's doubles |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2009 Lake Placid | Men's doubles |
| 1996 Altenberg | Men's doubles |
| 1996 Altenberg | Mixed team |
| 1997 Igls | Mixed team |
| World Cup Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996–97 | Men's doubles |
| 1997–98 | Men's doubles |
| 2006–07 | Men's doubles |
| European Championships | ||
| 1996 Sigulda | Men's doubles |
| 1992 Winterberg | Mixed team |
| 1996 Sigulda | Mixed team |
| 2000 Winterberg | Mixed team |
| 2002 Altenberg | Men's doubles |
| 2008 Cesana | Men's doubles |
| 2008 Cesana | Mixed team |
Haselrieder also won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Men's doubles: 2009) and three bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won seven medals with one silver (Men's doubles: 1996) and six bronzes (Men's doubles: 2002, 2008 (tied with Germany); Mixed team: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008). He also won four Italian national titles in doubles.[1]
Haselrieder's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in men's doubles in 1996-7. He took a total of five World Cup race wins in doubles competition.[1]
He was made a knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006. After his retirement, he became a member of technical staff for the Italian national luge team.[1]
His wife, Doris, competed as a natural track luger for Italy in the early to mid-1990s.
References
- "Oswald Haselrieder". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- 1992 luge men's singles results
- 1998 luge men's doubles results
- 2002 luge men's doubles results
- Armin Zöggeler is married. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (14 June 2007 article accessed 9 February 2010.)
- FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 1, 2014)
- Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
