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Andreas Linger

1981 - Today

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Andreas Linger (born 31 May 1981 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14. Linger has won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds (Men's doubles: 2003, 2011 and 2012) and two bronzes (Mixed team: 2003 and men's doubles: 2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Linger has received more than 23,982 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Andreas Linger is the 4,447th most popular athlete (down from 3,428th in 2019), the 1,352nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,188th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andreas Linger ranks 4,447 out of 6,025Before him are Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Mindaugas Griškonis, Winthrop Graham, Christoph Harting, Kirsten Klose, and Anna Frolina. After him are Gabriella Szabó, Ioana Rotaru, Xue Haifeng, Innocent Egbunike, Francine Niyonsaba, and Kevin Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Andreas Linger ranks 1,147Before him are Niu Jianfeng, Jemima Rooper, Óscar Serrano, Frankie Shaw, Johnny Pacar, and Tsuyoshi Yoshitake. After him are Chris Killen, Drew Gooden, Wang Lei, Dang Ye-seo, Márcio Richardes, and Leslie Djhone.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Andreas Linger ranks 1,352 out of 1,424Before him are Sandi Lovrić (1998), Bernhard Gruber (1982), Martin Rettl (1973), Andreas Matt (1982), Phillipp Mwene (1994), and Lukas Hinterseer (1991). After him are Sandra Klemenschits (1982), Raphael Holzhauser (1993), Hermann Pernsteiner (1990), Nicole Schmidhofer (1989), Klaus Kröll (1980), and Robert Žulj (1992).

Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Andreas Linger ranks 50Before him are Lisa Theresa Hauser (1993), Anna Gasser (1991), Eva Pinkelnig (1988), Julian Eberhard (1986), Doris Neuner (1971), and Martin Rettl (1973). After him are David Gleirscher (1994), Ivona Dadic (1993), Wolfgang Linger (1982), Julia Dujmovits (1987), Bettina Plank (1992), and Lukas Weißhaidinger (1992).