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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 24,303 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Andreas Linger is the 4,888th most popular athlete (down from 3,428th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,188th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andreas Linger ranks 4,888 out of 6,025Before him are Mindaugas Griškonis, Winthrop Graham, Christoph Harting, Kirsten Klose, Anna Frolina, and Aleksandr Zuyev. After him are Gabriella Szabó, Mario Deslauriers, Ioana Rotaru, Xue Haifeng, Maica García Godoy, and Innocent Egbunike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Andreas Linger ranks 1,149Before 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 1,356 out of 1,424Before him are Bernhard Gruber (1982), Martin Rettl (1973), Andreas Matt (1982), Phillipp Mwene (1994), Sabrina Filzmoser (1980), 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 52Before him are Anna Gasser (1991), Eva Pinkelnig (1988), Julian Eberhard (1986), Doris Neuner (1971), Jessica Pilz (1996), 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).