Lukas Runggaldier (born 31 July 1987) is a retired

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skier who has competed between 2005 and 2020. At the

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, he finished tenth in the 4 x 5 km team event, 11th in the 10 km individual large hill, and 16th in the 10 km individual normal hill event.

Biography

At the

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, Runggaldier finished 10th in the 10 km individual normal hill and 8th in the individual large hill. His best World Cup finish was 4th, first in a 10 km individual normal hill event at Seefeld (

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) in January 2011, and in another 10 km race in

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) one year later. In Sochi he finished 7th in the Gunderson individual normal hill. ;Further notable results: * 2008: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 2010: 2nd, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing, sprint Runggaldier speaks Italian, Ladin, German, and English.

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* 1987 births Ladin people Living people Italian male Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Italy Skiers from Bolzano 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub