Kevin Fischnaller
 Fischnaller in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 2 December 1993 Brixen, Italy |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Luge |
Kevin Fischnaller (born 2 December 1993 in Brixen, Italy) is an Italian luge athlete who has competed in the Luge World Cup for Italy since 2011.[1]
During the 2014-15 Luge World Cup he won a bronze at Iglis in the men's spirit event.[2] On 25 November 2017, during the 2017-18 Luge World Cup season, Fischnaller won his first world cup race, taking the gold at Winterberg.[3] He placed ninth in the 2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's sprint event.[4] Fischnaller competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He came seventh, while his cousin Dominik came fourth.
Personal life
[edit]Kevin is the cousin of the Italian lugers Dominik Fischnaller and Hans Peter Fischnaller.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kevin Fischnaller". Fil-luge.org. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Dominik und Kevin Fischnaller glänzen bei der Sprintweltcup-Premiere: Sport News Südtirol". Sportnews.bz. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Italy's Kevin Fischnaller gets 1st World Cup luge win". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "2nd FIL-Sprint World Championships : Innsbruck (AUT) 27.01.17 : Result WCH Sprint Men Qual" (PDF). Rodelwm17.at. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Olympic luge champ Loch dominates World Cup opener". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
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