Sandra Robatscher (born 13 December 1995) is an Italian
luge
A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...
r. She is the niece of fellow luger
Armin Zöggeler.
Robatscher competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
for Italy. In the
Women's singles she placed 22nd.
As of September 2017, Robatscher's best
Luge World Cup
The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation
The International Luge Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is ...
overall finish is 16th in
2015–16.
In February 2019 she took her first World Cup win at
Altenberg in a race shortened to one run as the second run was cancelled because of heavy snow.
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1995 births
Living people
Italian female lugers
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Italy
Sportspeople from Bolzano
Italian lugers
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