Alexander Lugger (born 8 May 1968) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and coach of the national team. Lugger was born in

Lienz Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of ''Patr ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1984 and competed first in the ''Lesachtaler Skitourenlauf'' race in 1992. He holds several national champion titles amongst others.

Selected results

* 2004: ** 5th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

single race ** 6th, World Championship combination ranking ** 9th, World Championship team race (together with Andreas Ringhofer) * 2005: ** 5th, European Championship single race ** 10th, European Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

* 2006: ** 6th (and 1st "seniors II" ranking),

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the can ...

, together with Olivier Nägele and Tony Sbalbi * 2007: ** 1st, ''Scialpinistica del Monte Canin'' (together with

Mario Scanu is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...

)''Ancora vittoria per Scanu alla Scialpinistica del Monte Canin''
(Italian), April 23, 2007. * 2008: ** 1st, Austrian Championship ** 1st, ''Lesachtaler Skitourenlauf'' ** 1st, Laserzlauf ** 5th,

relay (together with

Martin Bader Martin Bader (born 3 May 1985) is an Austrian ski mountaineer and member of the national selection. Bader was born and lives in Innsbruck He started ski mountaineering in 2000. For his first time, he competed at the ''2005 Vennspitzlauf''. Sel ...

, Andreas Kalß and Andreas Fischbacher) ** 6th, World Championship long distance race ** 7th, World Championship single race

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2005: 4th, together with

Hansjörg Lunger Hansjörg Lunger (born 4 September 1964) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Lunger was born in Karneid. He started ski mountaineering in 1985, competed first in 2003 and was member of the national team after 2006. Lunger is dairyman of the ''Schut ...

and Olivier Nägele

References

External links

Alexander Lugger
at ''skimountaineering.org''
Alexander Lugger
, ASKIMO {{DEFAULTSORT:Lugger, Alexander 1968 births Living people Austrian male ski mountaineers Austrian sports coaches Ski mountaineering coaches People from Lienz Sportspeople from Tyrol (state)