1982 - Today
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 17,677 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wolfgang Linger is the 3,745th most popular athlete (down from 2,312th in 2019), the 1,217th most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Austrian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Wolfgang Linger ranks 3,745 out of 3,059. Before him are Darren Campbell, Dwight Thomas, Ruth Gbagbi, Isabella Ochichi, Darvis Patton, and Dimitri Bascou. After him are Leilia Adzhametova, Nijel Amos, Ferguson Rotich, Emmanuel Korir, Joan Lino Martínez, and Deena Kastor.
1973 - Present
HPI: 23.60
Rank: 3,739
1980 - Present
HPI: 23.58
Rank: 3,740
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.58
Rank: 3,741
1979 - Present
HPI: 23.57
Rank: 3,742
1977 - Present
HPI: 23.57
Rank: 3,743
1987 - Present
HPI: 23.57
Rank: 3,744
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.55
Rank: 3,745
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.54
Rank: 3,746
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.54
Rank: 3,747
1989 - Present
HPI: 23.54
Rank: 3,748
1995 - Present
HPI: 23.53
Rank: 3,749
1978 - Present
HPI: 23.53
Rank: 3,750
1973 - Present
HPI: 23.52
Rank: 3,751
Among people born in 1982, Wolfgang Linger ranks 1,075. Before him are Tamás Decsi, Seitaro Tomisawa, Peter Škantár, Shunta Nagai, Hirotaka Iida, and Ákos Buzsáky. After him are Michael Arden, Dave Mulligan, Gary Caldwell, Tony Lochhead, Kazuya Maeda, and Amaël Moinard.
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.71
Rank: 1,069
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.69
Rank: 1,070
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.68
Rank: 1,071
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.63
Rank: 1,072
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.61
Rank: 1,073
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.56
Rank: 1,074
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.55
Rank: 1,075
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.54
Rank: 1,076
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.53
Rank: 1,077
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.53
Rank: 1,078
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.50
Rank: 1,079
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.48
Rank: 1,080
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.42
Rank: 1,081
Among people born in Austria, Wolfgang Linger ranks 1,217 out of 1,237. Before him are Helge Payer (1979), Michael Gspurning (1981), Luka Sučić (2002), Robert Žulj (1992), Daniel Bachmann (1994), and Riccardo Zoidl (1988). After him are Fritz Dopfer (1987), Matthias Laurenz Gräff (1984), Stephanie Brunner (1994), Ivona Dadic (1993), Michael Grabner (1987), and Eva-Maria Brem (1988).
1979 - Present
HPI: 24.33
Rank: 1,211
1981 - Present
HPI: 24.27
Rank: 1,212
2002 - Present
HPI: 24.13
Rank: 1,213
1992 - Present
HPI: 24.05
Rank: 1,214
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.82
Rank: 1,215
1988 - Present
HPI: 23.69
Rank: 1,216
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.55
Rank: 1,217
1987 - Present
HPI: 23.44
Rank: 1,218
1984 - Present
HPI: 23.22
Rank: 1,219
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.15
Rank: 1,220
1993 - Present
HPI: 23.07
Rank: 1,221
1987 - Present
HPI: 22.79
Rank: 1,222
1988 - Present
HPI: 22.73
Rank: 1,223
Among athletes born in Austria, Wolfgang Linger ranks 38. Before him are Gerhard Haidacher (1963), Christoph Bieler (1977), Doris Neuner (1971), Julia Dujmovits (1987), David Gleirscher (1994), and Andreas Linger (1981). After him are Ivona Dadic (1993) and Lukas Weißhaidinger (1992).
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.47
Rank: 32
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.12
Rank: 33
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.92
Rank: 34
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.40
Rank: 35
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.99
Rank: 36
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.46
Rank: 37
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.55
Rank: 38
1993 - Present
HPI: 23.07
Rank: 39
1992 - Present
HPI: 21.40
Rank: 40