Dominik Fischnaller (born 20 February 1993)[1] is an Italian luger who has competed since 2002. He has won silver and two bronze medals at Junior World Championships. Fischnaller won the Junior Luge World Cup for the 2010–11 season. His best Luge World Cup overall finish was third 2013–14 Luge World Cup.

Dominik Fischnaller
Fischnaller in Oberhof in 2017
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-02-20) 20 February 1993 (age 31)
Brixen, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportLuge
EventSingles
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Singles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Igls Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Igls Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Sochi Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Oberhof Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2020 Lillehammer Singles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Lillehammer Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sigulda Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sigulda Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Sigulda Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Igls Team relay

Fischnaller is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.[2]

Biography

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Fischnaller competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He placed sixth behind the bronze medal effort of teammate Armin Zöggeler.[3] Fischnaller also competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He came fourth while his cousin Kevin came seventh.

Personal life

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Dominik Fischnaller is the younger brother of Hans Peter Fischnaller and cousin of Kevin Fischnaller.

References

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  1. ^ "FilLuge profile". Fil-luge.org. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ "SLITTINO - ACUTI MONDIALI ED EUROPEI" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020. ...i carabinieri Dominik Fischnaller e Ivan Nagler con gli slittinisti dell'Esercito Fabian Malleier e Andrea Voetter
  3. ^ "Dominik FISCHNALLER | Luge | Italy - Sochi 2014 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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