Rupert Staudinger (born 15 July 1997) is a British-German
luger. Born in
Berchtesgaden in
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
to a German father and a Welsh mother, he grew up in
Schönau am Königssee.
Staudinger competed for the United Kingdom in the
men's singles 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 ...
.
Since no British athlete qualified for the
2014 Winter Olympics, luge did not receive UK Sport funding for the 2018 Olympic cycle. Staudinger still qualified for 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 ...
and finished in 33rd place despite posting his best time.
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1997 births
Living people
British male lugers
Olympic lugers for Great Britain
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Berchtesgaden
Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
German people of Welsh descent
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