Madeleine Egle (born 21 August 1998) is an Austrian

luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...

r. She won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and in 2018 another bronze medal at the 2018 Olympics in

Pyeongchang Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...

Career

Egle turned pro in 2015 at the age of 16. She debuted at the

FIL World Luge Championships The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural ...

during the 2015 FIL World Luge Championships. A year later she won her first career medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in

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. She made her

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debut at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

PyeongChang Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. Egle won a

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

medal during the team relay event.

Personal life

Egle's younger sister, Selina Egle, is also a luger.

References

External links

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Madeleine Egle profile at Eurosport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egle, Madeleine 1998 births Living people Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Austria Austrian female lugers Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in luge People from Innsbruck-Land District Lugers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Lugers from Tyrol (federal state) 21st-century Austrian sportswomen