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David Moroder (born 28 January 1931 in Ortisei in Val Gardena - died 10 March 1997) was an Italian luger and sculptor.


Biography

David Moroder comes from the Grödner craftsman family of Moroder. He has four sons, including
Walter Moroder Walter Moroder (born May 10, 1963 in Ortisei in Val Gardena , Italy ) is a contemporary South Tyrolean sculptor and draftsman. Biography Walter Moroder is the son of the Val Gardena sculptor David Moroder. From 1977 to 1980 he attended a dip ...
, who works as a sculptor using modern materials. As a sculptor he worked with wood and bronze. He received artistic impulses from his brother Rudolf Moroder and from Augusto Murer. He had private and public clients and participated in various exhibitions in the region.


Sporting career

Moroder was active as a luge athlete. He was third in the single-seater in 1959 at the Luge World Championships in Villard -de-Lans and in 1961 together with Raimondo Prinoth second in the doubles at the World Championships in Girenbad. Who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won two medals at the
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with a silver in the men's doubles event (
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) and a bronze in the men's singles event (
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).Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.


References

Italian male lugers 1931 births Ladin people People from Urtijëi 1997 deaths Italian lugers Moroder family {{Italy-luge-bio-stub