Dominik Fischnaller (born 20 February 1993) 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
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation
The International Luge Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is ...
overall finish was third 2013–14 Luge World Cup.
Fischnaller is an athlete of the
Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.
Biography
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
Armin Zöggeler OMRI (born 4 January 1974) is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed ''Il Cannibale'' ("The Cannibal"), for his notable series of victories, or ''The Iceb ...
.
Fischnaller also competed for Italy in the
Men's singles luge event at the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in Pyeongchang. He came fourth while his cousin Kevin came seventh.
Personal life
Dominik Fischnaller is the younger brother of
Hans Peter Fischnaller
Hans Peter Fischnaller (born 9 July 1985 in Sterzing, Italy) is an Italian luger who has been competing since 2004. His best Luge World Cup season finish was 11th in men's doubles in 2004-05.
Fischnaller's best finish at the FIL World Luge Champ ...
and cousin of
Kevin Fischnaller.
References
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1993 births
Living people
Italian male lugers
Olympic lugers of Italy
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in luge
Italian lugers
Sportspeople from Brixen
Lugers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Germanophone Italian people
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