Patrick Pigneter (born 19 July 1987) is an Italian

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 who has competed since 2007. A natural track luger, he won nine medals at the

FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost biennial basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks. See FIL World Lu ...

with four golds (Men's singles:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Men's doubles: 2009, Mixed team: 2009,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

), two silvers (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

), and three bronzes (Men's singles:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, 2007, 2011). Pigneter won six medals at the

FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL), have taken place since 1970. A team event was added for the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2010, 2010 championships. For information o ...

with two golds (men's singles:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, men's doubles: 2010), two silvers (men's doubles:

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, mixed team: 2010) and two bronzes (men's singles:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, 2008). Pigneter's father, Raimund, competed in natural track luge from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.

References

FIL-Luge profile
- accessed October 7, 2008. * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080124105143/http://eiskanal.com/eiskanal-erg-nt-ech.html Natural track European Championships results 1970-2006.br>Natural track World Championships results: 1979-2007

External links

* 1987 births Living people Italian lugers Italian male lugers People from Völs am Schlern Lugers from South Tyrol 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-luge-bio-stub