Yannick Müller (born 12 August 1999) 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 ...
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He started competing for the Austria national luge youth teams in the various youth categories in the singles specialty without achieving any significant results, but came close to the podium at the European Junior Championships in Sankt Moritz 2019, and finished fifth in the final standings of the World Cup junior in 2017/18.
For the
2018-19 Luge World Cup season Müller formed a team with countryman Armin Frauscher and the duo competed for the first time in the two man luge event with the new team finishing in third place in Viessmann World Cup Nationcup Men's Singles race. In
2019-20 Luge World Cup campaign the Frauscher-Mueller pairing finished 16th in the overall world cup doubles tally and 6th at the Nationcup.
He has an older brother,
Jonas, who is also a sledder and a specialist in the singles.
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1999 births
Living people
Austrian male lugers
Sportspeople from Innsbruck
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