Kevin Fischnaller
Fischnaller in 2018
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993
Brixen, Italy
Sport
SportLuge

Kevin Fischnaller (born 2 December 1993 in Brixen, Italy) is an Italian luge athlete who has competed in the Luge World Cup for Italy since 2011.[1]

During the 2014-15 Luge World Cup he won a bronze at Iglis in the men's spirit event.[2] On 25 November 2017, during the 2017-18 Luge World Cup season, Fischnaller won his first world cup race, taking the gold at Winterberg.[3] He placed ninth in the 2017 FIL World Luge Championships – Men's sprint event.[4] Fischnaller competed for Italy in the Men's singles luge event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He came seventh, while his cousin Dominik came fourth.

Personal life

Kevin is the cousin of the Italian lugers Dominik Fischnaller and Hans Peter Fischnaller.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Fischnaller". Fil-luge.org. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Dominik und Kevin Fischnaller glänzen bei der Sprintweltcup-Premiere: Sport News Südtirol". Sportnews.bz. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  3. ↑ "Italy's Kevin Fischnaller gets 1st World Cup luge win". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  4. ↑ "2nd FIL-Sprint World Championships : Innsbruck (AUT) 27.01.17 : Result WCH Sprint Men Qual" (PDF). Rodelwm17.at. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Olympic luge champ Loch dominates World Cup opener". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.


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