Alexander Resch (born 5 April 1979 in

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) is a German

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r who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with

Patric Leitner Patric-Fritz Leitner (born 23 February 1977 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a German luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with Alexander Resch he won the men's doubles event at the 2002 Winter Olym ...

, he won the men's doubles event at the

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. They also competed at the

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, finishing sixth. At their last race at the

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, they won bronze. In addition they won a dozen medals at the

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, including eight golds (Men's doubles:

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; Mixed team:

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, 2004, 2007), two silvers (Men's doubles:

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, Mixed team: 2000), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 2003, Mixed team 1999). At the

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, they also won seven medals with five golds (Men's doubles:

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; Mixed team: 2000), one silver (Mixed team: 2002), and one bronze (Men's doubles:

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(tied with

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)). They won the overall

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men's doubles title six times (1999–2000, 2001-2, 2003-4, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8).

References

DatabaseOlympics.com information on Resch.
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Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.

Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.

External links

* * * 1979 births Living people German male lugers People from Berchtesgaden Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic lugers of Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub