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Wolfgang Linger

1982 - Today

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Wolfgang Linger (born 4 November 1982 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed internationally since 2000. As young children, he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge track, and at age 14 began competing as a doubles team for the first time. 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 Wolfgang Linger has received more than 19,178 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wolfgang Linger is the 5,356th most popular athlete (down from 3,744th in 2019), the 1,382nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wolfgang Linger ranks 5,356 out of 6,025. Before him are Khaddi Sagnia, Zsuzsanna Vörös, Bram Som, Chris Huffins, Larissa Iapichino, and Worapoj Petchkoom. After him are Christian Sørum, Támara Echegoyen, Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa, Chen Ying, Lee Yang, and Sung Yu-chi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Wolfgang Linger ranks 1,170. Before him are Victor Crivoi, Raquel Atawo, Enrico Franzoi, Leandro Rodrigues, Ai Shibata, and Ekaterina Khilko. After him are Sung Yu-chi, Matt Cohen, Joel Anthony, Marek Svatoš, Oliver Fink, and Travis Diener.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Wolfgang Linger ranks 1,382 out of 1,424. Before him are Eva Moser (1982), David Gleirscher (1994), Markus Katzer (1979), Stefan Denifl (1987), Ivona Dadic (1993), and Kevin Stöger (1993). After him are Helge Payer (1979), Michael Gogl (1993), Lumix (2002), Dejan Ljubičić (1997), Julia Dujmovits (1987), and Daniel Habesohn (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Wolfgang Linger ranks 55. Before him are Doris Neuner (1971), Jessica Pilz (1996), Martin Rettl (1973), Andreas Linger (1981), David Gleirscher (1994), and Ivona Dadic (1993). After him are Julia Dujmovits (1987), Bettina Plank (1992), Lukas Weißhaidinger (1992), Mohamed Mahmoud (null), Corinna Kuhnle (1987), and Thomas Zajac (1985).

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