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Patrick Rastner (born 30 June 1993) is an Italian
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 who competed in the men's double event at the
2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
as a pair with
Ludwig Rieder Ludwig Rieder (born 19 June 1991) is an Italian luger. Rieder was born in Brixen, Italy, and competed in the Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, Men's double luge event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a pair with Patrick R ...
. The duo placed seventh.


Personal life

Rastner was born on 30 June 1993 in Brixen (Bressanone), Bolzano-Bozen, Italy.


Luge career

In 2011 he won a gold medal with
Ludwig Rieder Ludwig Rieder (born 19 June 1991) is an Italian luger. Rieder was born in Brixen, Italy, and competed in the Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, Men's double luge event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a pair with Patrick R ...
at the under-23 World Championships in Cesana, Italy. Rastner represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in
Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
, Russia. Competing in the men's doubles luge event alongside Rieder, he finished seventh overall. The pair were eighth after the first run but improved their position after finishing fifth fastest in the second run. In the open double luge event at the
2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...
in
PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
, Rastner and Rieder placed 15th.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rastner, Patrick Italian male lugers Living people Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Italy 1993 births Sportspeople from Brixen Italian lugers