Peter Penz (born 5 April 1984 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner

Georg Fischler Georg Fischler (born 3 July 1985 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner Peter Penz took two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang: a silver in the ...

took two medals at the

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in Pyongchang: a silver in the doubles competition and a bronze in the team relay. They were also gold medallists in the doubles at the 2012 European Luge Championships in

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. In addition the pair took six medals at the

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: four in the doubles and two in mixed team competitions. He won two medals in the mixed team event at the

with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2007. He also finished fifth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 championships in

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. Penz also finished sixth in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in

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. In August 2018 Penz and Fischler announced their retirement from competition, in part due to Penz suffering from back pain. He confirmed that he would remain in the sport as a coach with the Austrian Luge Federation. The pair made their last competitive appearance at the 2018–19 Luge World Cup's opening round at

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in November 2018.

References

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* * * 1984 births Living people Austrian male lugers Austrian sports coaches Olympic lugers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in luge Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Hall in Tirol Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) {{Austria-luge-bio-stub