Hansjörg Lunger (born 4 September 1964) is an Italian

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

. Lunger was born in

Karneid Karneid (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about east of the city of Bolzano and a village. It is also the location of Karneid castle. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,311 an ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1985, competed first in 2003 and was member of the national team after 2006. Lunger is dairyman of the ''Schutzhaus Latzfonser Kreuz'', a

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located at high elevation, in mountainous terrain, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineering, mountaineers, climbing, climbers and Hiking, hikers. Mountain huts are us ...

in the

Sarntal Alps The Sarntal Alps (, Italian: ''Alpi Sarentine'') are a mountain range of the Eastern Rhaetian Alps, in South Tyrol (Italy), which surrounds the Sarntal (valley). It is limited by the Etschtal, Eisacktal, Passeiertal and the Jaufen Pass. Topog ...

.''Großes Fest am Wallfahrtsort - Schutzhaus Latzfonser Kreuz''
(German). His daughter

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is also a competition ski mountaineer.

Selected results

* 2004: ** 8th (and 1st in "seniors II" class ranking),

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

(together with Oswald Santin and Manfred Dorfmann) * 2005: ** 1st,

Sellaronda The Sellaronda is the ski circuit around the Sella group in the Dolomites mountains of Northern Italy. The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gardena, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South ...

Skimarathon (together with Alberto Gerardini)Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> * 2006: ** 1st,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

relay race (together with

Manfred Reichegger Manfred Reichegger (born 6 January 1977) is an Italian ski mountaineer, sky runner and mountain runner. Biography Reichegger was born in Bruneck. He competed first in ski mountaineering in 1999 and has been member of the national team since 2002 ...

Dennis Brunod Dennis Brunod (born 16 June 1978 in Aosta) is an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain and skyrunner. Life Born in Aosta but living in Châtillon, Brunod added ski mountaineering to his favorite sports in 2000, when he first competed in the Mo ...

and

Guido Giacomelli Guido Giacomelli (born 5 September 1980) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Giacomelli was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Pierra Menta race in 1998. He has been member of the national team since 20 ...

) ** 1st,

Adamello Ski Raid The Adamello Ski Raid is an annual ski mountaineering competition at the Italian Tonale Pass declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). Starting ...

(together with Guido Giacomelli and Mirco Mezzanotte) ** 2nd, "Fitschi Dachstein Xtreme" race ** 5th, World Championship team race (together with Guido Giacomelli) * 2007: ** 1st and course record, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Guido Giacomelli) ** 2nd,

Mountain Attack The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999. The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. There ...

race ** 3rd, Traça Catalana race * 2008: ** 1st and course record, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Guido Giacomelli) ** 2nd,

team race (together with Guido Giacomelli) ** 2nd, Mountain Attack race ** 9th, World Cup race,

Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (often known as the Aran Valley, or Val d'Aran in Aranese Occitan; in other forms of Occitan: ''Vath d'Aran'' or ''Vau d'Aran'', in Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', in Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an autonomous administrative entity (form ...

* 2010: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Guido Giacomelli)

Pierra Menta

* 2006: 2nd, together with Guido Giacomelli * 2007: 2nd, together with Guido Giacomelli * 2008: 2nd, together with Guido Giacomelli

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2005: 4th, together with

Alexander Lugger Alexander Lugger (born 8 May 1968) is an Austrian ski mountaineer and coach of the national team. Lugger was born in Lienz. He started ski mountaineering in 1984 and competed first in the ''Lesachtaler Skitourenlauf'' race in 1992. He holds sever ...

and

Olivier Nägele Olivier Nägele (born 17 March 1972) is a Liechtensteiner ski mountaineer. Nägele started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed first Mountain Attack race in 2000. Because Liechtenstein has no national ski mountaineering team, he mostly takes ...

* 2007: 3rd, together with Dennis Brunod and Manfred Reichegger

References

External links

Hansjörg Lunger
at ''skimountaineering.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunger, Hansjorg 1964 births Living people People from Karneid Italian male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Skiers from South Tyrol 20th-century Italian sportsmen