Madeleine Egle (born 21 August 1998) is an Austrian
luge
A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...
r. She won bronze at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics and in 2018 another bronze medal at the
2018 Olympics
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in
Pyeongchang.
Career
Egle turned pro in 2015 at the age of 16. She debuted at the
FIL World Luge Championships
The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural ...
during the
2015 FIL World Luge Championships. A year later she won her first career medal in the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics in
Lillehammer
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,
Norway
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.
She made her
Olympics
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debut at the
2018 Winter Olympics in
PyeongChang,
South Korea
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.
Egle won a
bronze
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medal during the
team relay event.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in luge
Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games. It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, in the form of three eve ...
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Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018.
Qualification
A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete a ...
References
External links
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Madeleine Egle profile at Eurosport
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1998 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Austria
Austrian female lugers
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in luge
People from Innsbruck-Land District
Lugers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Sportspeople from Tyrol (state)
21st-century Austrian women